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NSA Had Domestic Call Monitoring Before 9/11?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-have-the-high-end-magic-eight-ball dept.

MarkusQ writes "Bloomberg is reporting that, according to documents filed in the breach of privacy suit on behalf of Verizon and BellSouth, the NSA asked AT&T to set up its domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Could it be that they were intending to monitor domestic calls (and internet traffic) all along, and the 'Global War on Terror' was just a convenient excuse when they got caught?" From the article: "...an unnamed former employee of the AT&T unit provided them with evidence that the NSA approached the carrier with the proposed plan. Afran said he has seen the worker's log book and independently confirmed the source's participation in the project. He declined to identify the employee."

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  1. Re:Not about the terrorists, eh? by Tatarize · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What? Don't you listen to Specter? They found some expired milk in the fridge or something... it was urgent!

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    It is no longer uncommon to be uncommon.
  2. Re:Egg on James Bamford's face by sgt_doom · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I have nothing against James Bamford, but he relies on "inside" sources which tell him whatever they think he should print - also known as censorship for simpletons.

    Not a few of the items which appear in his book(s) on NSA have been fiction.

    Also, to anyone who has bothered to pay attention, this news about pre-9/11/01 domestic spying by NSA is OLD NEWS!
  3. Re:Stop Crying It's Not That Bad! by Stop+Crying+Bitch! · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'm curious, how many of you people that cry about your civil liberties have actually bothered to serve and defend your country? It makes me sick to my stomach to listen to you cry about your liberties being violated when you don't have the courage to defend your country or your rights by enlisting. Freedom Isn't Free, but you tree hugging hippies dont realize that now do you?

    My friends can tell you from their graves how Freedom Isn't Free. But then again you tree hugging hippies hold protests at Military Funerals. Let's face it, The Constitution was written over 200 years ago. Do you really think our founding father's had enough foresight to predict the problems of the future? HELL, there was little technology back then, no cars, phones, radios, internet or television.

    If you don't like the way things are run in America.......move to Canada or Mexico!