NSA Email Surveillance Pervasive and Ongoing

dkleinsc writes "The NY Times has a piece about work being done by Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) and others to curb NSA efforts to read email and Internet traffic. Here's an excerpt: 'Since April, when it was disclosed that the intercepts of some private communications of Americans went beyond legal limits in late 2008 and early 2009, several Congressional committees have been investigating. Those inquiries have led to concerns in Congress about the agency's ability to collect and read domestic e-mail messages of Americans on a widespread basis, officials said. Supporting that conclusion is the account of a former NSA analyst who, in a series of interviews, described being trained in 2005 for a program in which the agency routinely examined large volumes of Americans' e-mail messages without court warrants. Two intelligence officials confirmed that the program was still in operation.'"

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Re:Oh, quit whining

[TubeSteak]

You got the government you deserve, just like your founders promised.

Uhhh.. Most of the illegal stuff was setup by Bush appointed neo-cons who were in government before Nixon got caught being a crook.
I mean, it's the same group of guys who've been trying to create pervasive monitoring their entire lives.
9/11 was an excuse for all the spying, not the cause of it.

The Executive won't stop this, you know that now - the most "transformational" figure you could have possibly elected got in, and he's down with all of the new executive powers.

Which is rather frustrating.
In the USA, National Security > systematic Constitutional violations

Re:Oh, quit whining

[citizenr]

Why don't share your insight with us - how is an average citizen to "start firing congressmen and senators"?

between the eyes with .50