More Claims From NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice

eldavojohn writes "Russell Tice, former NSA employee & whistleblower, has revealed yet more details claiming that wiretapping was combined with credit card data to target civilians. He also suggests the CEOs of major companies hold the truth: 'To get at what's really going on here, the CEOs of these telecom companies, and also of the banking and credit card companies, and any other company where you have big databases, those are the people you have to haul in to Congress and tell them you better tell the truth.' Will Congress follow his suggestions?" This adds to information revealed by Tice last week that the wiretaps targeted journalists in particular.

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In other news...

[the_humeister]

Russell Tice found dead by apparent "suicide" in his residence.

apparent "suicide" twice ...

[rs232]

"Russell Tice found dead by apparent "suicide" in his residence"

Yea, would that be two gun shots to the head, as the first one didn't finish him off .. :)

Re:apparent "suicide" twice ...

[TheGratefulNet]

nah, cheney will just invite him out for a hunting trip.

you'll never hear a peep from him after he opens the invitation. some letters can be more chilling than National Security Letters..

Re:Corrupt CEOs

[jeffasselin]

It's not rotten, it's in fact a very well-functioning oligarchy.

Re:1984

[mcgrew]

Orwell was an optimist.

Impeach Bush/Cheney NOW!

[aquatone282]

Oh, wait. . .

Re:Yeah, you drank the coolaid

[spartacus_prime]

The last sentence destroyed your argument.

Re:Hard evidence

[Joe Snipe]

Your sig is wrong it wasn't safe at all! :(

obama is better then bush,

[cinnamon colbert]

just today signed bill strengthing anti pay discrimmination law; I know, I know, it is a small step that still leaves the burden on the employee, but there will be a lot of little things like that the will help
also - i think this is important- the POTUS, in toto, has a LOT of jobs at his disposale - not just direct appointees, but 2o and tertiary appointees that add up to the 10s of thousands; with obama, this will mean defunding of the right wing wackos and more money to the right people; the net effect is big and important

Re:Why does Obama support this?

[SnarfQuest]

expecting real change on a ship the size of the Federal Government in ten days is pretty unrealistic.

Have you seen the number of "executive orders" he's written already? The cost of these orders will soon exceed the entire budget of Bush's entire presidency, including the cost of the Iraq and Afgan wars. He's already allocated billions each for free abortions and voter fraud groups.

Re:Hard evidence

[auLucifer]

As I've never been into the US or seen statues like that one (here in Australia we have big things like pineapples, cows and prawns ...) it really reminds me of a line in "The Emperors New Groove" with how the shot (might be just the camera angle) makes him appear to be an emperor:

Yzma barks, "It's no concern of mine that your family doesn't have ... what was it again ... food?"
The villager mutters something inaudible.
Yzma finishes, "Yes, well you really should have thought about that before you became a peasant."