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NSA "intercept operators" spying on service men's sex talk with their spouses

post #1 of 12
10/10/08 at 11:04pm
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ABC News interview with the whistle blowers;
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5992844

Military, journalists, members of the red cross intercepted. Private calls passed around as "office jokes", quote "check out this phone sex" ...

Incredible.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/st...5998860&page=1

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Off of Capitol Hill, reaction was swift and sharp to the news that U.S. intelligence officials listened in to hundreds of private conversations, including pillow talk between U.S. military officers and their spouses.

"This outrageous episode is a reminder that government spying powers can be used to invade the most intimate thoughts of even the most trustworthy people," noted Lisa Graves of the Center for National Security Studies, and a former Justice Department official.

"Today's report is an indictment not only of the Bush administration, but of all of those political leaders, Democratic and Republican, who have been saying that the executive branch can be trusted with surveillance powers that are essentially unchecked," charged Jameel Jaffer, director of the national security program at the American Civil Liberties Union.

"When they say trust us, we're not listening in on Americans – this shows that they are," said Jennifer Granick of the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Her group is suing the federal government to stop warrantless eavesdropping programs and hold government officials accountable. "This should be of concern to everybody."
Talk about supporting the troops ...
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post #2 of 12
10/10/08 at 11:14pm
Shocking, but not very surprising. And they can probably get away with it because the people they are spying on are technically property of the military. If it were ordinary citizens this was happening to, I'm sure we wouldn't have found out about it.
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post #3 of 12
10/10/08 at 11:16pm
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There's journalists and others in there, basically seems like a bunch of people living in the "green zone".
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post #4 of 12
10/10/08 at 11:58pm
I suppose as long as the government is only using its unchecked powers of surveillance to spy on journalists, everything's probably above board.
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post #5 of 12
10/11/08 at 12:34am
Eeeww....just a had a mental image of some Gene Hackman-esque character listening to a soldier's "pillow talk" and jacking off to it.
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post #6 of 12
10/12/08 at 11:36am
When the fish is rotten from the head, misuse of authority is creeping into every area of governmental business. Wonder if this is just the NSA using its presidential blank cheque or if this was even micromanaged from the top, like other things Rumsfeld initiated.
This is just one more example that NSA = StaSi and USA is resembling the good Ole fashioned CCCP more with each passing day. Putin would be proud.
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post #7 of 12
10/12/08 at 12:14pm
Despicable.
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post #8 of 12
10/13/08 at 9:14am
This shows just how much weight the whole 'Increased surveillance won't hurt you if do nothing wrong' argument holds.
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post #9 of 12
10/13/08 at 10:47am
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I had an argument with a neighbor over this, he said he didn't understand why people "whined" about this type of thing since he had nothing to hide. The irony is that this guy (or his family) came from Cuba, and he didn't really like when I pointed out that irony.
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post #10 of 12
10/13/08 at 11:06am
Tapes or it didn't happen.
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post #11 of 12
10/13/08 at 12:05pm
I have a friend who us pissed that people aren't more upset about this. I can't determine if it's just because we're not surprised any more or because it's almost over.
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post #12 of 12
10/13/08 at 12:28pm
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I think it adds an extra level of WTF factor that it seems mainly aimed at US service men. What is more natural than them calling their families from the green zone? Also, are they afraid the US military has been infiltrated?
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