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Originally posted by DeltAlum
From MSNBC...
"The US Senate on Friday blocked a final vote on renewal of the Patriot Act as senators reacted harshly to reports that President George W. Bush had authorised secret domestic surveillance of US citizens by US foreign intelligence agencies."
Here's more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10488458/
From the above link:
"But some NSA officials were so concerned about the legality of the program that they refused to participate, the Times said. Questions about the legality of the program led the administration to temporarily suspend it last year and impose new restrictions.
NBC report on Pentagon database
Earlier this week, the Pentagon said it was reviewing its use of a classified database of information about suspicious people and activity inside the United States after the report by NBC News said the database listed activities of anti-war groups that were not a security threat to Pentagon property or personnel."
DA comment -- this sounds very much like what caused the furror after it was discovered that the FBI was infiltrating such rabid anti-war groups as the Boy Scouts of America years ago. The underlining is mine.
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The database has nothing to do with the Times story. That was a separate (very disturbing) problem.
-Rudey