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NSA Had Domestic Call Monitoring Before 9/11?
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."
It's always funny to see how fast and furious the -1 Moderations come to the posts that don't agree with the slashdot groupthink.This comment doesn't come close to the definition of flamebait, according to the Slashdot FAQ.
You might not agree with the comment, but it is a valid and ontopic post that deserves to get read. Or do the moderators fear viewpoints that don't agree?
Meanwhile, another post that calls the President a dictator, and mocks the US as Land of the Free is +5 insightful.
This system is truly broken.
So vote the democrats and republicans who allow this out. http://www.constitutionparty.com/