NSA won't confirm, deny holding evidence of spying on gay community

NSA won't confirm, deny holding evidence of spying on gay community

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday June 6, 2006


The National Security Agency (NSA) will "neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence" of information that may have been obtained through agency surveillance of the gay rights groups, RAW STORY has learned.

The agency made the statement in a June 5 letter to counsel for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN). More from the SLDN release:

In January, the Department of Defense acknowledged that it had "inappropriately" conducted surveillance on student protestors at several universities. The Pentagon has also indicated it has additional surveillance materials, in the form of government TALON reports, which will be released at a later date. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said the surveillance program is "no big deal."

SLDN sought information, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, after media reports indicated the agency may have been monitoring groups and individuals opposed to the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual personnel. The June 5 letter was sent in response to SLDN's appeal of NSA's refusal to release any information related to that surveillance. The appeal was filed on SLDN's behalf by the law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP.

more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NSA_wont_confirm_deny_spying_on_0606.html

those gay fundamentalist Muslim terrorists. :eyes: