Thursday, May 11, 2006

NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

I've always said that I believed the reason Bush was being so secretive about his illegal use of wiretapping and his reluctance to do this legally through FISA was because he was actually indulging in fishing trips that have nothing to do with suspects having aroused suspicions.

It would now appear that this is correct.

It transpires that Bush has been collecting the telephone records of thousands of innocent US citizens through a scheme involving AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.

"It's the largest database ever assembled in the world," said one person, who, like the others who agreed to talk about the NSA's activities, declined to be identified by name or affiliation. The agency's goal is "to create a database of every call ever made" within the nation's borders, this person added.

For the customers of these companies, it means that the government has detailed records of calls they made — across town or across the country — to family members, co-workers, business contacts and others.

So now we have even more proof that Bush is behaving illegally.

Not that this will bother the Republican led Congress who seem to have totally abandoned their democratic duty to hold the President accountable.

The reason Bush is tanking in the polls and that one third of all Republican voters want Bush to lose control of Congress is to reverse this anomaly.

By being so disgracefully partisan the Republican party have managed to alienate even their own base.

They will pay a future price for this, and it won't only be in the November mid-terms.

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