Next Time You’re Going to a Protest, The Eyes of the Government May be Upon You
What will crawl out from under the Oval Office rug next? What constitutional mutation will come to light? What new way will be found to diminish distinctions between a free society and the benighted civilization terrorists want to impose?
Houston Chronicle
What the NSA has been doing is also illegal. Its warrantless domestic eavesdropping is in direct violation of the 1978 law which came about as a direct result of Hersh's expose and the congressional hearings that followed. The eavesdropping it also violates the NSA's charter, which gives the Agency no mandate to conduct domestic surveillance.
Counter Punch
And now come revelations of the National Security Agency's interception of telephone calls and e-mails from the United States -- without notice to the federal court that has held jurisdiction over domestic spying since 1978.
Washington Post
Not to trouble you or anything, but the next time you’re going to a protest, the eyes of the government may be upon you. And I’m not just talking about local police filming your activity. I’m not talking about the FBI under cover in your midst.I’m talking about the Pentagon, too, getting into the act.Pentagon is tracking some of the most innocuous and lawful protests.For instance, the Pentagon has a file on an anti-war group that was gathering at the Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Florida, to plan a counter-recruiting effort at local high schools.
The Progressive
Sources with knowledge of the program told CNN on Friday that Bush signed the secret order in 2002. The sources refused to be identified because the program is classified.
CNN
What will crawl out from under the Oval Office rug next? What constitutional mutation will come to light? What new way will be found to diminish distinctions between a free society and the benighted civilization terrorists want to impose?
Houston Chronicle
What the NSA has been doing is also illegal. Its warrantless domestic eavesdropping is in direct violation of the 1978 law which came about as a direct result of Hersh's expose and the congressional hearings that followed. The eavesdropping it also violates the NSA's charter, which gives the Agency no mandate to conduct domestic surveillance.
Counter Punch
And now come revelations of the National Security Agency's interception of telephone calls and e-mails from the United States -- without notice to the federal court that has held jurisdiction over domestic spying since 1978.
Washington Post
Not to trouble you or anything, but the next time you’re going to a protest, the eyes of the government may be upon you. And I’m not just talking about local police filming your activity. I’m not talking about the FBI under cover in your midst.I’m talking about the Pentagon, too, getting into the act.Pentagon is tracking some of the most innocuous and lawful protests.For instance, the Pentagon has a file on an anti-war group that was gathering at the Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Florida, to plan a counter-recruiting effort at local high schools.
The Progressive
Sources with knowledge of the program told CNN on Friday that Bush signed the secret order in 2002. The sources refused to be identified because the program is classified.
CNN