Thursday, May 18, 2006

This NSA-Phone Thing is Fishy

I can't figure out WTF is going on w/this NSA-phone issue, but I do know this: It stinks to high heaven and somebody is lying. AmerProspect asks: "Why are Verizon and Bellsouth only denying these allegations after the story broke? The USA Today reporters who did the initial story contacted the companies before publishing it. We know this because it contains statements from both companies, each of which declined to comment." Here is what I think is up: 1.) You have to read between the lines of the telecom denials. They don't contract nor provide the NSA private data they collect BUT they do allow the NSA to come in and collect it themselves. And then there is this issue, courtesy of King George (via DailyKos): 2.)Bush signed authorization for the telecom companies to legally lie and deny everything, which explains it all. Think Progress has the goods: "Ordinarily, a company that conceals their transactions and activities from the public would violate securities law. But a presidential memorandum signed by the President on May 5 allows the Dir of Natl Intelligence, John Negroponte, to authorize a company to conceal activities related to natl security. (See 15 U.S.C. 78m(b)(3)(A)). I don't WTF is going on, but thankfully, a judge decided that AT & T have to cough up their records to explain this. I do know this entire thing is fishy, and it is getting fishier.
Posted by Tina :: 12:49 AM :: 3 Comments:

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