Re: I don't know who's leaking this stuff...

That may be true what you've said in the last paragraph.. but to me it's 
bullshit.  For that matter, I think MOST national security excuses are 
bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit.. *sigh*  That's not likely to change 
anytime soon though. :(

Chris

"DougW" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> GW's statement was not entirely accurate, but not exactly a lie.
> The U.S. already has high court approval to tap phones under
> certain circumstances.
>
> The focus is on calls going to known terrorist countries or organizations.
> Even with the DIA/NSA computer power there is no way to listen to all 
> calls
> that are made.  The numbers are used to establish calling patterns, the 
> calling
> patterns are used to identify people of interest and then, if necessary, 
> court
> orders are sought.
>
> The problem comes in who is defined as a "person of interest."
>
> Let's face facts.  The U.S. Gov is not going to tell the media what they
> are doing with regards to national security for the same reason the police
> don't tell news papers information on undercover police officers.  Simply,
> the public can not be informed because it endangers the security of the
> operation and the personnel involved.
>
>
> -- 
> DougW
>