President George W. Bush ordered the National Security Agency to spy, without warrants, on thousands of American citizens following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, current and former officials of his administration now admit.
The use of the nation's most covert spy agency to monitor activities of Americans so angered some longtime NSA professionals that they refused to participate in the program. Using that Presidential authority, the NSA monitored phone calls and emails on up to 500 people at any given time and the total number of those spied upon may number well up into the thousands, sources within the super secret spy agency reveal. [Facism is alive and well in the Bush admin...] |