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Bush Backed Spying On Americans

Posted by Zonk on from the no-privacy-in-the-constitution-means-free-for-all dept.

jb.hl.com writes "President Bush allowed security agents to eavesdrop on people inside the U.S. without court approval after 9/11, the New York Times has reported. The report says that under a 2002 presidential order, the National Security Agency has been unconstitutionally and illegally monitoring international communications of hundreds in the U.S. When asked about the programme on U.S. TV, the Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said, 'The president acted lawfully in every step that he has taken.'"

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  1. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sales of tin foil hats skyrocket.

  2. your Fail It.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BSD's8 codebase to any BSD project, All; in order to go Truth, for all This post brought members are

  3. Re:Well, that's a big shocker. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Firstus Postus!!!!



    Eat it, beeotches!-- The NSA

  4. Re:NY times sat on this for a year by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's really freightening is your awful spelling!

  5. meta moderation please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can people please meta-mod whoever flamebaited this guy into the rocks? Why the fuck is this flamebait? Because you can see the word "liberal"? Dumbass. It's an insightful reply to a question that's gonna be visible at default threshold. Pathetic moderation

  6. Look on the bright side... by aiken_d · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...at least he didn't lie about get a blow job from an intern. Now, *that* would be an outrage. This piddly stuff about secretly expanding the role of the police in the state is trivial compared to serious stuff like that.

    Cheers
    -b

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  7. Meta Moderation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People, please remember to meta-moderate. I suspect I will be slapping down several unfair mods on this topic.

    To the moderators: Please don't mod down people just because you disagree with them.

  8. Re:Palpatine loses one by Kafka_Canada · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Looks like the dick's shooting off a bit prematurely, eh?

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    Fuck it