> -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush 34, Cheney 18 > > By adding: > > from known terrorist > from al Qaeda > where at least one end of the call is overseas > one or all would do.
It's my understanding that none of these statements are actually true however. The calls were not only from "known terrorists" - at best only suspected terrorists and in some cases not even that. Apparently data-mining applications of questionable resource were implemented to determine who to tap. The calls were not "from Al Qaeda" simply because there's no way to know that at this end - you have to be tapping the line in advance to know who's calling. Also Al Qaeda is far from the only terrorist organization that's being watched. I'm not sure that all the calls were overseas although they may be... I could have sworn that many of the cases were suspected individuals within the US. In any case the administration hasn't (to my knowledge at least - and I may be wrong of course) released any sort of documentation on the taps made or the criteria for making them this statement is suspect at best. In other words if the taps happened to be only on overseas calls there doesn't seem to be any evidence that the administration was limiting itself to that criteria. You might say that all the calls were made to people with brown eyes and possibly be correct but that doesn't make it a criteria for selection. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198443 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
