Bush is eavesdropping on political enemies....

[Postman]

be they Dems, Repubs or "hostile" journalists...

The Fisa Court never really prevented the Executive Branch from spying on anyone, the reason for the FISA court is to inform someone in some other branch of gov't what it is that you are spying on, to act as a check against abuse of power.

This is why he has avoided the FISA Court. To spy on threats to his and the fascist republican party's hold on power. Do you hear that Patrick Fitzgerald??

The Bush Administration are rats trapped in the corner and are desperate.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Since dems should know this already, they should give * some

dope information like it was real.

[Quakerfriend]

2. HE IS SPYING ON ME, too!

And, I have proof!!

Why aren't every day citizens coming forward to say this. I'm quite sure it's not just me!

[EFerrari]

4. ACLU has my phone company in court over this.

And I just heard Tweety say no one has stepped forward. Liar.

[smartvoter]

12. Isn't it interesting that the reassembling of the old Bell system has

come from the heart of Texas? And now they want to cut off and control Internet content because they've picked up huge chunks of the Net through mergers and acquisitions. Talk about the good ol' boys getting back in the driver's seat...

[EFerrari]

15. So true. I actually worked for them for about two years

before the Great Undoing but finally quit out of sheer revulsion. And now, they're my only choice for a landline.

[smartvoter]

16. It's absolutely nuts and a case study in buying a different outcome from

a new congress and administration. nt

[FreedomAngel82]

7. Try contacting Kennedy and Leahy

Maybe they can bring in witnesses?

[EFerrari]

3. Yes. And Lindsey Graham's last round talked about

"5th columns" and all sorts of silliness. He was saying, I know what you did last summer.

[kayice]

6. On the run, in a cave. ;)

[FreedomAngel82]

5. And don't forget to blackmail those already on his side

I wonder what he has on people like McCain and Frist.

[Marr]

8. They were illegally spying on Americans *before* 9-11, when they

couldn't even be bothered to have a meeting with Richard Clark about terrorism. Bush, Cheney, Rice- they've all commented on how '9-11 made terrorism the major concern'. Everyone knows they weren't paying attention to it *before* 9-11.

So who were they spying on?

I suspect they were spying on political and business rivals, media figures... anyone they might need to outmaneuver or -quite possibly- blackmail.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Certainly not spying on Al-Qaeda. More's the pity

[adarling]

10. totally agree

i have said that from the beginning. They have used this to totally spy on their "political" enemies and are trying to pass it off as terrorists. what an asshole

[EFerrari]

11. And these people are stoopid enough to think

they are smarter than everyone else and they will not be caught out.

[Old and In the Way]

13. National Security = Bush personal security

They cannot lose control of the government...we are talking real capitol crimes here.

[Jose Diablo]

14. It was posted way back about Bolton, before he was appointed to the UN

and how he was passing information from the NSA to the WHIG/OSP. Seems like it was around the time of those long Plame and Gannon threads. Of course, there was a chorus of anti-CT and prove-it posts.

Go figure.

Every once in a while I go to the 9-11 forum. Lots of heat there. Ya need a flame suit to even comment about if the sky is blue.

Most everything that has happened in this administration has been forecast right here, on DU. Then again a lot of things that never materialized were posted too.