land of the free (haha)

Bush Lets Government Spy on Callers Without Warrants
WASHINGTON (Dec. 16) - Months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without the court-approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.
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The White House asked The New York Times not to publish this article, arguing that it could jeopardize continuing investigations and alert would-be terrorists that they might be under scrutiny. After meeting with senior administration officials to hear their concerns, the newspaper delayed publication for a year to conduct additional reporting. Some information that administration officials argued could be useful to terrorists has been omitted.

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Again, I can't imagine that anyone is surprised by this. This administration thinks nothing whatsoever of anyone's personal rights and freedoms.
And, it is certainly not surprising that the WH asks that this article not be printed and also not surprising that it wasn't printed for a year. Gawd forbid that our people are told that our government doesn't trust them! I'm sure it was just a coincedence that it was election year!