NSA spying on its own citizens


George Bush has openly admitted to breaking the law by ordering the Pentagon's National Security Agency to eavesdrop on the communications of American citizens without bothering to get a court order to do so. Even though this proviso is extremely lax and is often given ex post facto Bush believed that his role as "commander-in-chief" entitled him to ignore the law and the constitution yet again. Jonathan Schell writes in The Nation that this marks a watershed in the evolution of Bush administration because for the first time the regime openly admits to breaking the law instead of lying that it did not. This action has angered many Americans more than the illegal invasion and occupation of a sovereign state, the killing of over 100,000 Iraqis, the use of torture, and government spending out of control. And we mustn't forget that the NSA was used by the Bush administration to spy on diplomats and officers of the UN in New York in order to put pressure on them in the lead up to the start of the Iraq war. See the Guardian report then and Norman Solomon now. And James Bamford , who has written a book on the NSA.

George Bush has openly admitted to breaking the law by ordering the Pentagon's National Security Agency to eavesdrop on the communications of American citizens without bothering to get a court order to do so. Even though this proviso is extremely lax and is often given ex post facto Bush believed that his role as "commander-in-chief" entitled him to ignore the law and the constitution yet again. Jonathan Schell writes in The Nation that this marks a watershed in the evolution of Bush administration because for the first time the regime openly admits to breaking the law instead of lying that it did not. This action has angered many Americans more than the illegal invasion and occupation of a sovereign state, the killing of over 100,000 Iraqis, the use of torture, and government spending out of control. And we mustn't forget that the NSA was used by the Bush administration to spy on diplomats and officers of the UN in New York in order to put pressure on them in the lead up to the start of the Iraq war. See the Guardian report.

Posted: Tue - December 27, 2005 at 02:58 PM        

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