[Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

[Art Deco]

The acquisition of power does horrible things to many people.  Even on the
local level.

w.


On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <
sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It's wrong every time, and both parties support it when their member is
> doing it. So it never changes, and the state grabs more and more power.
>
> Why should we believe Obama when he says they're not listening to
> conversations? He promised the most transparent administration, and instead
> has prosecuted more people under the Espionage Act than all other previous
> administrations before him.
>
> He hasn't prosecuted anyone for torture, but he'll go after anyone who
> provides information about the torture program. And he's got his own
> rendition program.
>
> Hope and change indeed.
>
> Sunil
>
> ------------------------------
> From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
> To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:12:02 -0600
> CC: jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone
> calls
>
>
> Apples to oranges comparison.  That was when a Republican occupied the
> White House.  Hence no outrage from conservatives back then vs now.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 17:01:31 -0700
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> CC: jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
>
> Courtesy of the *May 11, 2006* edition of USA Today at:
>
> http://yahoo.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm
>
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>
> NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
>
> The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call
> records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T,
> Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told
> USA TODAY.
>
> The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by
> amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom
> aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA
> listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the
> data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity,
> sources said in separate interviews.
>
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>
>  REACTION*From the White House:*
>
> The White House defended its overall eavesdropping program and said no
> domestic surveillance is conducted without court approval.
>
>    ''The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States
> government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from
> terrorist attacks,'' said Dana Perino, the deputy White House press
> secretary, who added that appropriate members of Congress have been briefed
> on intelligence activities.
>
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>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
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>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
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