NSA Under Hayden Feloniously Spied on Amercans' Communications, Especially Journalists
The CIA's former Bushite director, martinet strutting in his military garb, Mike Hayden, apparently oversaw a program that was a felony of huge proportions during his previous position as head of the NSA..
On Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, one of his guests, former NSA analyst, Russell Tice, offered information on the program that should put shivers down the spines of every American, especially journalists as yet another Bushite trampled the Constitution and rule of law.
From Scott Horton at Harper's: "He [Tice] reports that under Hayden the NSA was looking at “everyone’s” communications—telephone conversations, emails, faxes, IMs—and that in addition to suspect terrorists, the NSA was carefully culling data from Internet and phone lines to track the communications of U.S. journalists. This was done under the pretense of pulling out a control group that was not suspect. But Tice reports that when he started asking questions about why journalists were sorted out for special scrutiny, he found that he himself came under close scrutiny and was removed from involvement in the program.
"...In her book The Dark Side, Jane Mayer reports that in 2004 Deputy Attorney General James Comey was “taken aback” by Hayden’s comments when he was let in on the details of the program that Hayden ran at NSA...
"If Tice’s allegations are correct, then Hayden managed a program which was in essence a massive felony, violating strict federal criminal statutes that limit the NSA’s domestic surveillance operations. While a number of media outlets reported that Hayden’s activities were “vindicated” by a recent FISA court ruling approving the NSA surveillance program, that view is completely incorrect. The FISA court ruling dealt only with the implementation of a program under the newly amended FISA following Hayden’s departure."
The list of criminal Bush administration officials (beginnning with Dubya) who should be in the slammer grow longer every day.
On Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, one of his guests, former NSA analyst, Russell Tice, offered information on the program that should put shivers down the spines of every American, especially journalists as yet another Bushite trampled the Constitution and rule of law.
From Scott Horton at Harper's: "He [Tice] reports that under Hayden the NSA was looking at “everyone’s” communications—telephone conversations, emails, faxes, IMs—and that in addition to suspect terrorists, the NSA was carefully culling data from Internet and phone lines to track the communications of U.S. journalists. This was done under the pretense of pulling out a control group that was not suspect. But Tice reports that when he started asking questions about why journalists were sorted out for special scrutiny, he found that he himself came under close scrutiny and was removed from involvement in the program.
"...In her book The Dark Side, Jane Mayer reports that in 2004 Deputy Attorney General James Comey was “taken aback” by Hayden’s comments when he was let in on the details of the program that Hayden ran at NSA...
"If Tice’s allegations are correct, then Hayden managed a program which was in essence a massive felony, violating strict federal criminal statutes that limit the NSA’s domestic surveillance operations. While a number of media outlets reported that Hayden’s activities were “vindicated” by a recent FISA court ruling approving the NSA surveillance program, that view is completely incorrect. The FISA court ruling dealt only with the implementation of a program under the newly amended FISA following Hayden’s departure."
The list of criminal Bush administration officials (beginnning with Dubya) who should be in the slammer grow longer every day.
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