National Security Agency Whistleblower Warns Domestic Spying Program Is Sign the U.S. is Decaying Into a “Police State”…
~Everyone has
to remember that the movement towards policy now; started a very long
time ago…With each administration accelerating the program whilst at the
same time brainwashing & making sure the citizens felt all cozy,
warm, and patriotic~jude
Democracy Now | January 4 2006
Former NSA intelligence agent Russell Tice condemns
reports that the Agency has been engaged in eavesdropping on U.S.
citizens without court warrants. Tice has volunteered to testify before
Congress about illegal black ops programs at the NSA. Tice said, “The
freedom of the American people cannot be protected when our
constitutional liberties are ignored and our nation has decayed into a
police state.” [includes rush transcript]
We turn now to the growing controversy over President Bush’s decision
to order the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens
inside the country without the legally required court warrants. Bush’s
decision was first revealed in the New York Times in mid-December. The
Times published the expose after holding the story for more than a year
under pressure from the White House. The paper reportedly first
uncovered the illegal order prior to the 2004 election. When the editors
at the Times decided last month to go ahead with the article, President
Bush personally summoned the paper’s publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, and
executive editor, Bill Keller, to the Oval Office in an attempt to talk
them out of running the story. Since the story broke, calls for
Congressional hearings and the possible impeachment of the president
have intensified. Conservative legal experts have even admitted Bush may
have committed an impeachable offense by ordering the NSA to break the
law.On Sunday, the New York Times revealed there was dissent within the upper echelon of the Bush administration over the legality of the president’s order. According to the Times, Attorney General John Ashcroft’s top deputy, James Comey, refused to sign on to the continuation of the secret program in 2004 amid concerns about its legality and oversight. At the time, Comey was serving in place of then Attorney General John Ashcroft while Ashcroft was hospitalized for a medical condition. Comey’s refusal prompted senior Presidential aides Andrew Card and Alberto Gonzales to visit Ashcroft in his hospital room to grant the approval. The Times reports Ashcroft expressed reluctance to sign on to the program. It is unclear if he eventually relented. Both Ashcroft and Comey’s concerns appear to have led to a temporary suspension of parts of the program for several months. But the administration has repeatedly defended its actions.
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