Did the Bush administration use NSA "data mining" to target political opponents?

[babylonsister]

Data mining, the NSA, DOJ corruption and impeachment

In all the controversy over Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony, no-one has noticed a key fact: The latest stories about data mining -- stories based, it is said, on administration leaks intended to aid the embattled Gonzales -- confirm the report of an unfairly tarnished NSA whistleblower.

Remember Russell Tice?

He was a source for the original New York Times reportage on the FISA-free wiretapping program. When he first indicated that he disagreed with the administration's scheme to spy on Americans, the vengeance squads targeted him. First, he was subjected to a bogus psychiatric examination. (This is a familiar tactic in the intelligence community; I have heard of an example going back to the early 60s.) Then he was demoted to the most humiliating jobs in the NSA heirarchy. In essence, he was "axed" to leave.

As soon as the public learned that the the NYT had used Tice as a source, the attack dogs -- Rush, O'Reilly and other feral stalkers of the night -- howled and growled and bared their fangs. I cite this example only because it was written by a hack with the delicious name of Moran.

lots more...

http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/07/data-mining-nsa-doj-corruption-and.html

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1. Does a bear shit in the woods? n/t

[Xipe Totec]

8. Or, does a chicken-hawk soil his own nest?

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12. No,

Like most politicians, they make their bed and lie out of it.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Then why are they wearing diapers? nt

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14. They wanted to be

astronauts but failed miserably in science class.

They will however shit in your bed if you do something stupid like, I don't know, go to work and leave your things unattended.

[Avalux]

2. Well if they didn't, they really are idiots. They learned well from Watergate...

...of course they did.

[merh]

3. Is the pope Catholic?

x(

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4. Psychological intervention

against political rivals is an old Soviet Union trick.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. Does honey come from a bee?

You bet your sweet ass the * admin used "data mining" to dig for dirt on their political enemies, and then blackmail these people.

Why do you think those FISA judges wouldn't sign the warrants?

[thecrow]

6. Why do you think those FISA judges wouldn't sign the warrants?

Why do you think the NSA wanted to go warrantless?

Bingo. We have a winner.

Thanks, babylonsister, for this post!

[BlackHawk706867]

7. Anybody know if this Joseph Cannon is related to Cannon on the Senate

Judiciary Committee?

ww

[babylonsister]

10. I sincerely doubt it. nt

[tularetom]

9. Why do you think Pelosi Reid Leahy and Conyers are so quiet?

They probably have pictures of all of them with barnyard animals.

[babylonsister]

11. Say it ain't so!

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