from the new york times:-the national security agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and internet communications.....the volume of information harvested from telecommunication data and voice networks, without court-approved warrants, is much larger than the white house has acknowledged, the officials said. it was collected by tapping directly into some of the american telecommunication system's main arteries.
this is very different from the line being doled out by the white house. i doubt that terrorists are making large volumes of telephone calls about anything, so data-mining, much like trawling for fish is a catch-all vehicle.
makes you feel all cosy, doesn't it?
i live a few blocks from the white house. this national symbol now resembles some sorry, whitewashed fortressed garrison. freedom? anyone know the color code for terrorist threat for today.....
executive power? i wouldn't put bush in charge of making me a cup of tea. he can't do anything else right...
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