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Cringely on Domestic Eavesdropping
krygny writes "In this week's The Pulpit, Robert X. Cringely presents some interesting factoids he uncovered in his research into the NSA's domestic surveillance. He makes no judgements but offers some interesting stuff you might not have already known." From the article: "Intercepting communications for purposes of maintaining national security is nothing new. From before Pearl Harbor through 1945, EVERY trans-Atlantic phone call, cable and indeed letter was intercepted in Bermuda by the Coordinator of Information (COI) in the White House and later by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Sir William Stephenson revealed this in his autobiography, A Man Called Intrepid. They literally tapped the undersea cables and shipped all post to Europe through Bermuda, where every single call was monitored, every cable printed out, and every letter opened. FDR and Churchill needed intelligence and they took the steps they needed to get it."
They literally tapped the undersea cables and shipped all post to Europe through Bermuda, where every single call was monitored, every cable printed out, and every letter opened.
Letters traveling through undersea cables? clever that...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
You know, they *might* just have missed the call saying "Banzai! we're attacking!" as the cables that were tapped were under the Atlantic, and the Japanese probably didn't route their phone calls through them to avoid long-distance charges.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I still can't believe Bush hasn't even *apolagized* (sic) for breaking our fundamental American rights
It has been six years and people still hold out hope Bush can be harangued into apologies.
Yay for persistence.
Lurking at the bottom of the gravity well, getting old
Yeah! - Oh wait I am part Irish.... Do I have/get to crack my own head?
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Secret Amendment.
And no, Congress and the Senate don't have clearance to read it.
But it's there, honest.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Bush sorely needs intelligence too.
Intolerance for ambiguity is the mark of the authoritarian personality.
...says Anonymous Coward...
That's what he said.
Correct me if i am wrong, but is it not 2006?
Freedom or George Bush
This is the guy who was going to cut down the Brooklyn Bridge with a cutting torch.
Well, at least we know that our government is prepared to protect us from Wail'i Khayoutti and his Al-Akmi terrorist network.