Bush threatened the same nations in conversation w/ Aznar that NSA spied on in UN

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"US President George W. Bush threatened nations with retaliation if they did not vote for a UN resolution backing the Iraq war, according to a transcript published Wednesday of a conversation he had with former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar.

In the transcript of a meeting on February 22, 2003 -- a month before the US-led invasion of Iraq -- published in El Pais newspaper, Bush tells Aznar that nations such as Mexico, Angola, Chile and Cameroon must know that the security of the United States is at stake.

He says during the meeting on his ranch in Texas that Angola stood to lose financial aid while Chile could see a free trade agreement held up in the US Senate if they did not back the resolution, the left-wing paper said.

The confidential transcript was prepared by Spain's ambassador to the United States at the time, Javier Ruperez, the paper said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070926/pl_afp/spainusiraqwar

And this is a NSA memo which is about spying on the UN:

"As you've likely heard by now, the Agency is mounting a surge particularly directed at the UN Security Council (UNSC) members (minus US and GBR of course) for insights as to how to membership is reacting to the on-going debate RE: Iraq, plans to vote on any related resolutions, what related policies/ negotiating positions they may be considering, alliances/dependencies, etc - the whole gamut of information that could give US policymakers an edge in obtaining results favorable to US goals or to head off surprises. In RT, that means a QRC surge effort to revive/ create efforts against UNSC members Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea, as well as extra focus on Pakistan UN matters."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1938486&mesg_id=1938486

Now, why would the list of nations that the NSA focused on in it's spying of the UN have startling similarities to the list of nations Bush threatened with retaliation if they did not back his war?

It's also interesting that the NSA memo was written nearly a month before Bush had this talk with Aznar.

It's hard to say what's really going on here.

When these notes are put together, then it is evidence that NSA has become thoroughly politicized, is that really good for our national security?

How long was Bush planning for this retaliatory effort against these nations that did not back his war? And, by extension, how long was Bush planning on invading Iraq?

This is an urgent matter, you'd think from an Administration that says the war on terror is the "battle for civilization" would not use the NSA to achieve political goals, but they are doing exactly that. In any case, it is extremely dangerous, both to our national security and to our civil liberties, to have a politicized NSA, I am calling on everybody who reads this message to contact their people in congress and tell them to investigate this immediately.