U.S. intelligence official defends domestic spying (Hayden)

sabra

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Mon Jan-23-06 02:01 PM
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U.S. intelligence official defends domestic spying (Hayden)

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U.S. intelligence official defends domestic spying

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - A top U.S. intelligence official on Monday said President George W. Bush's warrantless spying program was necessary because the war on terrorism has rendered laws governing electronic surveillance ineffective.

As part of a high-profile White House campaign to defend the controversial program, former National Security Agency director Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden said eavesdropping was not as wide-ranging as has been described by critics who say Bush may have overstepped his authority by authorizing it.

"This isn't a drift net out there where we're soaking up everyone's communications," said Hayden, who is now principal deputy to U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte.

"This is hot pursuit of communications entering or leaving America involving someone we believe is associated with al Qaeda," he said in remarks delivered at the National Press Club.

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ladjf

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Mon Jan-23-06 02:02 PM
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1. Total, 100 percent bull shit. Infomercial. Americans, don't buy

Bush's products, they are dangerous and rotten, unfit for human consumption.

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JuniperLea

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Mon Jan-23-06 02:04 PM
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2. Bullshit

I bet anyone working for al Qaeda knows better than to use the phone.

So what is the excuse for the pre-9/11 surveillance? They conveniently forget we know about that.

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Democrats_win

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Mon Jan-23-06 02:09 PM
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3. Shame! Defend the slacker for not bothering to follow the law & Cnstution

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Vinca

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Mon Jan-23-06 02:15 PM
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4. I listened to this entire spiel and my final conclusion was if

everything he says is true, it must be pretty easy for them to get a warrant or get the law changed so you don't always need a warrant. The Constitution is more than a minor technicality.

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Chico Man

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Mon Jan-23-06 03:18 PM
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5. Did Bush spy on political opponents?

He refused to answer the question several times.

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gizmo1979

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Mon Jan-23-06 07:21 PM
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6. Doesn't matter if it's neccesary it's

against the law.The law is the law break it go to jail.

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Pithy Cherub

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Mon Jan-23-06 07:41 PM
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7. This was the "parent" explainin why the pResident failed to

Edited on Mon Jan-23-06 07:45 PM by Pithy Cherub

fully do his homework or turn it in to the appropriate teacher. And after that why "detention" is not a suitable punishment. This was totally to have the NSA say the president gave us orders and we, the order takers determined that he was right rather than waste time doing it correctly and going to get warrants.

Any good teenager will tell you that doing it the old-fashioned authorized way just takes too long and the constitution agrees with me when "I" want it too! :eyes:

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savemefromdumbya

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Tue Jan-24-06 10:24 AM
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8. Bush knows he's on a winner with this one

people think that just because you have a domestic-wiretapping system it will save us from the bogeyman. Well it won't - it gives him an excuse to identify his political opponents and curtail their activity. Just watch how things will change now - they will ban all marches, they'll try to close down blogs, any dissent.

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JPZenger

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Tue Jan-24-06 10:29 AM
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9. British Spy on US Citizens and Visa Versa??

I am reading a book entitled "Chatter" about the NSA. It was published in 2005. It says that the US, Britain, Canada and Australia have a secret agreement on electronic intercepts. It says that because each country has laws against their own intelligence agencies listening in on their own citizens within their borders, that they have another country do it. For example, the US NSA would handle domestic intercepts in Britain, and presumbably Britain or Canada would do it in the US. (Although I personally find it hard to believe that Canada would want to get involved in this). A large part of the NSA staff works out of a RAF base in Britain.

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