Spying

Bush continues to claim that the spying is to protect us, yet look at all of these stories where the targets are Grannies, Quakers, peace groups, anti-war protests, Catholic Workers, etc.... Are these groups a threat to "national security"? Are they planning an attack on fellow citizens- or are they a threat to the war machine?

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Recall that at first the White House has said it is limited to international calls between U.S. residents and individuals overseas suspected of having ties to al-Qaida.

Then the AT&T whistleblower exposed that all domestic email and phone calls were being filtered through the NSA's special rooms located in telcom hubs across the US.

The NSA's stated goal was "to create a database of every call ever made".

Bush and every member of Congress took an oath of office to uphold and defend The Constitution... Now compare these headlines.

Wiretapping Program Ruled UnConstitutional
International Herald Tribune

Bush Vows to Overturn Wiretapping Ruling
New York Times

Hello Americans - Bush is openly violating his oath of office! He is openly defying the Constitution a la Hitler! And Congress, via their inaction, is just as guilty.

The media tells us that the JonBenet Ramsey murder is more important- I'm betting you're smart enough to see thru that. Wake up and see the corporate media's diversion tactics.

Bush claims the spying is to protect us.... hmmmm, when he lied to start the Iraq war, he claimed it was to 'protect us'...

This 1 minute audio clip mp3 is proof enough to warrant impeachment.

Update: Youtube Video of Bush Admitting to an Impeachable Offense on National tv

This is not new news, but it's been buried by the flood of scandals. There are so many scandals, the left is continually diverted by the next big scandal. Enough of that BUllSHit. This is undeniable evidence, using Bush's own words to prove that he is lying.

In 2004, Bush says "wiretaps require a court order" and "constitutional guarantees are in place". Then in Dec of 2005, suddenly, FISA is for long term monitoring, because they need to move quickly.

In 2004 on the campaign trail, Bush promised his supporters he wasn't spying without warrants. This turned out to be a flat out lie. When did lying on the campaign trail become acceptable? Once it's been proven that a candidate Lied to get elected, shouldn't that alone be enough to toss him out of office?

But even more important than lying to his supporters, is his demonstration of the facts, that he knows that spying without a warrant is unconstitutional.

Bush is openly disregarding the Constitution, spying on political enemies- this is EXACTLY why Nixon resigned, he was to be impeached for domestic spying. Yet our current Congress is content let this slide...

Just because Bush says his domestic spying program is legal and justified does not make it so. While the Constitutional scholars didn’t say, “he’s lying”, they did say that his program is “blatantly unlawful” - which is basically calling him a liar, diplomatically.

that Mr. Bush’s warrantless domestic wiretapping program is legal, as contended by his lawyers - simply cannot be taken seriously.

Constitutional Scholar Jonathan Turley at Conyers' NSA Hearing: Bush Committed a Crime mp3

On Dec 30th 2005, the President signed the torture bill and he used a “signing statement”- reserving the right to violate that law. Now we know that there is an NSA operation based on the same extreme theory of Presidential power.
The problem with these claims is that they are devoid of any limiting principles. They place this country on a slippery slope that inevitably leads to a maximum leader.

Is this the kind of America you want to leave to your grandchildren?

CIFA is becoming the superpower of data mining within the U.S. national security community. Its “operational and analytical records” include “reports of investigation, collection reports, statements of individuals, affidavits, correspondence, and other documentation pertaining to investigative or analytical efforts” by the DOD and other U.S. government agencies to identify terrorist and other threats.

Since March 2004, CIFA has awarded at least $33 million in contracts to corporate giants Lockheed Martin, Unisys Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation and Northrop Grumman to develop databases that comb through classified and unclassified government data, commercial information and Internet chatter to help sniff out terrorists, saboteurs and spies.

One of the CIFA-funded database projects being developed by Northrop Grumman and dubbed “Person Search,” is designed “to provide comprehensive information about people of interest.” It will include the ability to search government as well as commercial databases. Another project, “The Insider Threat Initiative,” intends to “develop systems able to detect, mitigate and investigate insider threats,” as well as the ability to “identify and document normal and abnormal activities and ‘behaviors,’” according to the Computer Sciences Corp. contract. A separate CIFA contract with a small Virginia-based defense contractor seeks to develop methods “to track and monitor activities of suspect individuals.”