[Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

[Donovan Arnold]

When it comes to expanding the power of the government, Republicans and Democrats act in a bi-partisan effort. 
 
Donovan J. Arnold
 

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 From: Scott Dredge <scooterd408 at hotmail.com>
To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>; viz <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Cc: Jeanne McHale <jeannemchale at hotmail.com>; Fritz Knorr <fritzknorr at gmail.com> 
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Apples to oranges comparison.  That was when a Republican occupied the White House.  Hence no outrage from conservatives back then vs now.

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From: thansen at moscow.comDate: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 17:01:31 -0700To: vision2020 at moscow.comCC: jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.comSubject: [Vision2020] NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
Courtesy of the May 11, 2006 edition of USA Today at:

http://yahoo.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm

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NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.

The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews.

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 REACTION  
From the White House: 

The White House defended its overall eavesdropping program and said no domestic surveillance is conducted without court approval. 

   ''The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks,'' said Dana Perino, the deputy White House press secretary, who added that appropriate members of Congress have been briefed on intelligence activities. 
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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
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- John Lennon

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