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Headlines : Government

Summary:

The good news is that truth tellers (also known as leakers) have stopped being intimidated and are doing their patriotic duty. The New York Times’s James Risen, who first revealed the program allowing eavesdropping on Americans, has emphasized that this is the “purest case of whistleblowers coming forward” that he has encountered in his 25 years as a reporter. According to Risen, many of then were “tormented by their knowledge” of the way the Bush administration was “skirting the law.” “Something was wrong – and they came forward, I believe, simply to make the public aware of this,” said Risen who, appropriately, calls the truth tellers “patriots.“

[Posted By ShiftShapers]

By Ray McGovern
Republished from t r u t h o u t

The eavesdropping-on-Americans scandal came as shock and betrayal to most employees of the National Security Agency - and to other intelligence officers, active and retired.

The idea that the once highly respected former director of NSA, Gen. Mike Hayden, had allowed himself to be seduced into sinning against NSA’s first commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Spy on Americans,” was initially met with incredulity. Sadly, no other conclusion became possible as we watched Hayden and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spin and squirm before the press on December 19 in their transparent attempt to square a circle.

For many of us veteran intelligence officers, the press conference put a damper on the Christmas spirit. The Gonzales-Hayden pas de deux should trouble other Americans as well, because the malleable Gen. Hayden, now bedecked with a fourth star, is Deputy Director of National Intelligence – the second highest official in the US intelligence community. Only time will tell what other extralegal activities he will condone.

The framers of the US Constitution must have been turning in their graves on December 19 as they watched Gonzales and Hayden defend the eavesdropping – especially as the two grappled with the $64 million question: Instead of simply flouting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), why didn’t the administration ask Congress to change it, if the law really needed to be made less restrictive? (And that…

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“Defenders of Bill” are heros! Shapeshifter, you are such a hero. Thank you for forwarding the truth… may it lead to justice. F@#K THE AMERIKKKAN WAY!

guerillaman @ 01/12/06 13:51:41

Gonzales to Testify on Domestic Spying: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has agreed to testify at a Senate hearing on the Bush administration’s domestic spying program. Gonzales said he responded to a request by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania.

ShiftShapers @ 01/13/06 17:46:46

i can assure you that this NSA business barely scratches the surface of “the truth.”

ShiftShapers @ 01/13/06 17:47:18

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