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*bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem* * **In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful* * * * *=== News Update === *The Spying Started Before September 11 That's The Whole Point<http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Spying-Started-Before--by-Dave-Johnson-080707-67.html> * *by Dave Johnson <http://www.opednews.com/author/author4387.html> * http://www.opednews.com Headlined on 7/7/08: In the *LA Times* today, A Good-Enough Spy Law<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-soderberg5-2008jul05,0,5038346.story>says, In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the White House directed telecommunications carriers to cooperate with its efforts to bolster intelligence gathering and surveillance the administration's effort to do a better job of "connecting the dots" to prevent terrorist attacks. No, it started<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202485.html?hpid=topnews>a few weeks <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/business/14qwest.html> after Bush took office a time when the Bush administration was ignoring the terrorist threat. So it was about something else, and was a high enough priority to plan out during the transition. (Can you say "political spying<http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2006/01/eavesdropping_w.htm>?") One telecom company, Qwest, refused because it was flat-out illegal. The Bush administration punished them, blocked federal contracts, and in an early indicator of what was to come from the politicized Bush Justice Department, they prosecuted Qwest's CEO on trumped-up charges. The combination of the telecoms letting Bush illegally spy on us BEFORE September 11, and the politicized Bush Justice Department punishing the company that refused refused because it was illegal is the reason so many of us<http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2008/06/caving_on_fisa.htm>are so adamant that Democrats should not be passing a law giving these companies immunity. The president can't spy on people without warrants, and the telecoms knew that. They knew it was illegal to spy on us without warrants but they went along with it. Why? Why didn't they ask the Bush administration to just get warrants? And why would Democrats vote to let them off the hook? Don't forget that Watergate was about Republicans illegally wiretapping Democrats. Don 't think they don't do it. [article cross-posted from Huffington Post<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/the-spying-started-before_b_111023.html> ] http://seeingtheforest.com === -muslim voice- ______________________________________ *BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://ppi-india.blogspot.com 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
