I never would have known about the piece because I never read or visit the New York Times paper or website anymore.
Interesting that their bastard stepchild, the Boston Globe, completely ignored the story while filling their pages full of agenda-pushing crap.
That's why you lose a million-six a week, Globe. I'm the only one buying you out here!
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WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is facing renewed scrutiny over the extent of its domestic surveillance program, with critics in Congress saying its recent intercepts of the private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, current and former officials said.
Also see:
New York Times Admits Bush Administration Spying Began in December of 2000... BEFORE TAKING OFFICE!
Bush's Wiretapping Began BEFORE 9/11!!
The New York Times Tool
U.S. Illegally Spied on NGO's, Targeted Reporters
One wonders how long the New York Times has been sitting on this story.
The agency’s monitoring of domestic e-mail messages, in particular, has posed longstanding legal and logistical difficulties, the officials said.....
The agency routinely examined large volumes of Americans’ e-mail messages without court warrants. Two intelligence officials confirmed that the program was still in operation.
That's CHANGE, 'eh, Obama?!!!
Both the former analyst’s account and the rising concern among some members of Congress about the N.S.A.’s recent operation are raising fresh questions about the spy agency....
The former analyst, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said he and other analysts were trained to use a secret database, code-named Pinwale, in 2005 that archived foreign and domestic e-mail messages. He said Pinwale allowed N.S.A. analysts to read large volumes of e-mail messages to and from Americans....
Other intelligence officials confirmed the existence of the Pinwale e-mail database,
And here is ANOTHER RASON not to read that rotten Zionist s*** rag:
The NYT calls Iranian interrogation tactics "torture"
