NYT: Officials Want to Expand Review of Domestic Spying

[sabra]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/politics/25wiretap.html

Officials Want to Expand Review of Domestic Spying

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 - Congressional officials said Saturday that they wanted to investigate the disclosure that the National Security Agency had gained access to some of the country's main telephone arteries to glean data on possible terrorists.

"As far as Congressional investigations are concerned," said Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, "these new revelations can only multiply and intensify the growing list of questions and concerns about the warrantless surveillance of Americans."

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But Congressional officials said Saturday that they would probably seek to expand the review to include the disclosure that the security agency, using its access to giant phone "switches," had also traced and analyzed phone and Internet traffic in much larger volumes than what the Bush administration had acknowledged.

"We want to look at the entire program, an in-depth review, and this new data-mining issue is certainly a part of the whole picture," said a Republican Congressional aide, who asked not to be identified because no decisions had been made on how hearings might be structured.

[RC]

1. They would probably find out more about World

Terrorism by tapping the white House phones.

[babylonsister]

2. Oh, this is good news. Christmas Eve, and

people are worried about how their rights are being and have been violated. Repugs and Dems.
This is bad news for dimson, and something that everyone can finally get on board with.

[aquart]

6. They voted for Bush BECAUSE

he was the man against big, intrusive, nose-in-your-business government.

Turns out, he was really all for it. George IS Big Brother.

[kentuck]

3. The question is: How much....?

do they want to expand it? Do they really want to find the truth? Do they really want to know if members of Congress or certain people in the media or press have been on Mr Bush's little, teeny-weensy "enemy list"?

[Alexodin]

4. They are spying on the general public N/T

[MichiganVote]

5. They think we don't care about 4th Amend. rights

[oasis]

7. The Chimp faces 5 years in the slammer for this Constitutional violation.

And he deserves every one of them.

[RazzleDazzle]

8. Don't toy with my affections that way

you get my heart going pitty-pat, pitty-pat -- it's almost more than I can bear.

:rofl: