Media announces the NSA has been getting millions of data files and phone-call recordings from the Telcos since 9/11. Bush comes out in defense saying the government is "not mining or trolling through the personal lives of millions of innocent Americans" with a reported program to create a massive database of U.S. phone calls."
In the meantime USA Today is reporting "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls".You would think the media would report what's really happening. You would think that the president would tell you the truth.
On January 25, 2006 Bush paid a visit to NSA Headquarters and said:
"In the weeks following September the 11th, I authorized a terrorist surveillance program to detect and intercept al Qaeda communications involving someone here in the United States. This is a targeted program to intercept communications in which intelligence professionals have reason to believe that at least one person is a member or agent of al Qaeda or a related terrorist organization. The program applies only to international communications. In other words, one end of the communication must be outside the United States."
So it turns out the president lied. Why is that a surprise? Looks like the US Constitution is just a piece of paper to the outfit in charge. No need to follow it or pay any respects to.
Just to remind you:U.S. Constitution - 4th Ammendment:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
If the government has a reasonable doubt that something untoward is being planned, they should indeed have the power of getting to your phone calls. But collecting every call from every American in a database?
George Orwell's 1984 came through, though a few years late.
(Via Morons.org)
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