Politics > Politics-USA > Your phone companies gave Bush spy agencies backdoor access to your conversations
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"Harry Hope" |
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25 Dec 2005 09:58:10 AM |
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Your phone companies gave Bush spy agencies backdoor access to your conversations |
From The New York Times, 12/24/05:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ex=1293080400&en=014edb4eb79bdf63&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON -
The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of
telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the
United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush
approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to hunt for evidence of
terrorist activity, according to current and former government
officials.
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, they said.
As part of the program approved by President Bush for domestic
surveillance without warrants, the N.S.A. has gained the cooperation
of American telecommunications companies to obtain backdoor access to
streams of domestic and international communications, the officials
said.
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Hey, you voted for the kid, I didn't.
Harry
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| User: "Tazmanian Devil" |
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| Title: Re: Your phone companies gave Bush spy agencies backdoor access to your conversations |
25 Dec 2005 10:27:40 AM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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From The New York Times, 12/24/05:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ex=1293080400&en=014edb4eb79bdf63&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Spy Agency Mined Vast Data Trove, Officials Report
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON -
The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of
telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the
United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush
approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to hunt for evidence of
terrorist activity, according to current and former government
officials.
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, they said.
As part of the program approved by President Bush for domestic
surveillance without warrants, the N.S.A. has gained the cooperation
of American telecommunications companies to obtain backdoor access to
streams of domestic and international communications, the officials
said.
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Hey, you voted for the kid, I didn't.
Harry
Sign up for Vonage, and fire your phone company. Tell them "Good Taz"
sent you.
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