Operation Backfill
Created By: fluid
Last Modified: 02/06/06
Summary: The Bush Administration would have us feel as if the disaster of 911 has never ended -- will never end -- and that ANYTHING is justified when our country is still actively under attackLink: Background on FISA court
Summary: Gonzales attests President did not need their authority ...
Link: Gonzales defends wiretapping policy
Summary: Continues to contend Administration has authority in light of legislation passed after 911
Link: Gonzales: NSA may tap 'ordinary' Americans' e-mail
Summary: ... and while procedures are in place to 'narrow' the scope of this surveillance, he is unable to detail what these procedures are because of national security.
Link: DailyKos: Feb. 06: Operation Backfill and the NSA Hearings
Summary: America, a house on fire after 911, "grant privileges to the rescue personnel you would never allow under any other circumstances: permission for total strangers to enter your house, whisk your baby out of sight to safety, toss your belongings out the window, hose down your Reniors, hustle you off to the nearest Red Cross center.
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