America under surveillance
Salon
by Tim Shorrock
08/09/07
On one level, the engagement of the NGA and the U-2 flights over the Gulf Coast during Katrina were commendable efforts to use America’s vast surveillance powers for the safety and support of its citizens. But at the same time, the incident apparently marked the first time in history that U.S. intelligence agencies created to spy on foreign countries were deployed to collect extensive information on the U.S. ‘homeland.’ Their role during Katrina is just one aspect of an enormous domestic surveillance infrastructure put in place by the Bush administration ever since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks sparked a radical restructuring and expansion of America’s intelligence system. Although the full scope of domestic surveillance under Bush remains elusive, we now know from press accounts, lawsuits, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other top Bush officials’ descriptions and denials that the NSA has been involved in multiple domestic surveillance programs — in apparent violation of federal law — including spying on Americans’ telecommunications and Internet traffic, as well as data mining...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/09/domestic_surveillance/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=National+Security+Agency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=data+mining
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tim+Shorrock
by Tim Shorrock
08/09/07
On one level, the engagement of the NGA and the U-2 flights over the Gulf Coast during Katrina were commendable efforts to use America’s vast surveillance powers for the safety and support of its citizens. But at the same time, the incident apparently marked the first time in history that U.S. intelligence agencies created to spy on foreign countries were deployed to collect extensive information on the U.S. ‘homeland.’ Their role during Katrina is just one aspect of an enormous domestic surveillance infrastructure put in place by the Bush administration ever since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks sparked a radical restructuring and expansion of America’s intelligence system. Although the full scope of domestic surveillance under Bush remains elusive, we now know from press accounts, lawsuits, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other top Bush officials’ descriptions and denials that the NSA has been involved in multiple domestic surveillance programs — in apparent violation of federal law — including spying on Americans’ telecommunications and Internet traffic, as well as data mining...
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/09/domestic_surveillance/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=surveillance
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=National+Security+Agency
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gonzales
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=spying
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=data+mining
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tim+Shorrock
rudkla - 9. Aug, 13:43
