General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Intelligence Analyst: Obama Was Wiretapped By NSA In 2004
Former Intelligence Analyst: Obama Was Wiretapped By NSA In 2004By: DSWright * Friday, June 21, 2013 5:56 am
Does the NSA have something on President Barack Obama? Maybe, according to former intelligence analyst and whistler-blower Russell Tice. In a radio interview Tice alleged that the NSA ordered a wiretap on Barack Obama in 2004.
Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst who in 2005 blew the whistle on what he alleged was massive unconstitutional domestic spying across multiple agencies, claimed Wednesday that the NSA had ordered wiretaps on phones connected to then-Senate candidate Barack Obama in 2004
Heres the big one this was in summer of 2004, one of the papers that I held in my hand was to wiretap a bunch of numbers associated with a 40-something-year-old wannabe senator for Illinois, he said. You wouldnt happen to know where that guy lives right now would you? Its a big white house in Washington, D.C. Thats who they went after, and thats the president of the United States now.
What did the NSA find out? All Obamas phone calls and emails were scooped up was there anything damaging? Such an action would be a great way to gain leverage over a politician and make sure they dont cancel your program Tice alleges it was also done to a wide variety of politicians and officials.
I was worried that the intelligence community now has sway over what is going on, Tice said.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/06/21/former-intelligence-analyst-obama-was-wiretapped-by-nsa-in-2004/
Just sayin'. As I've said earlier, I don't "blame Obama just like Alex Jones", eventho that's how some have tried to dismiss and trivialize any concerns I might have, about 100% saturation hyper-survailence becoming the "new normal", under Obama or under anyone..
Jarla
(156 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)This would explain so much, including the war on whistleblowers.
We used to play with this concept in rpg games.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)It doesn't matter who gets elected president. Whoever it is for the last few decades, on their first day in the White House, a few of our corporate overlords takes the new guy into a small screening room. There, they play a film: the JFK assassination, except from a perspective that nobody's ever seen before. A totally new to the world video. Then they say, "Any questions?"
The FBI spent years bugging any and every liberal of note, and sometimes just famous people. Hoover wasn't above using his intelligence for blackmail, either.
So I'll be taking this with a boulder of salt (as Nadinbrezenski said above), amd its probably total bullshit, but I would not be shocked in the least if it were true.
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)Whoever controls the surveillance can control pretty much anyone, which means they call the shots. Anyone still think this stuff doesn't matter?
Octafish
(55,745 posts)The Moorer-Radford Affair
http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/04/nixon-and-the-chiefs/302473/