Spy Reports an Issue in Bolton Nomination

[maddezmom]

Bolton's Requests for Names in Spying Reports a Central Issue in His Nomination to Be Ambassador
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON Jun 28, 2005 — Thousands of times a year, spy agencies provide government officials with the names of Americans who appear in intelligence reports. John R. Bolton made only 10 such requests.

Still, they have become a central issue in his nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations.

Intelligence agencies are only rarely allowed to monitor U.S. citizens. When agencies intercept information about an American, intentionally or otherwise, the person's identity is usually protected or the data is destroyed.

Bolton asked 10 times for the identities of U.S. citizens or companies whose names were removed from transcripts of classified intelligence intercepts captured by the National Security Agency. Bolton, whose nomination to become U.N. ambassador has been blocked by Senate Democrats, was the State Department's chief arms control official at the time.

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more:http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=887961&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[merwin]

1. Wasn't one of the big issues that he was provided spy reports on people

in the USA by the CIA, who is not supposed to do that?

[Lochloosa]

2. I wonder if Valarie Phame is one of those names...

Hmmmmm.....

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Clinton would have been criticized severely for allowing this to

happen under his watch.