For all Americans...

Remember when ol' Mr. Bush went and decided to tap peoples phone conversations - deemed by him as 'protecting our freedoms' from terrorist attack? Well, looks like its on a larger scale than you think...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is secretly collecting records of ordinary Americans' phone calls in an effort to build a database of every call made within the country, it was reported Thursday.
AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth telephone companies began turning over records of tens of millions of their customers' phone calls to the National Security Agency program shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said USA Today, citing anonymous sources it said had direct knowledge of the arrangement.
The program does not involve listening to or taping the calls. Instead it documents who talks to whom in personal and business calls, whether local or long distance, by tracking which numbers are called, the newspaper said.
The NSA and the Office of National Intelligence Director did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
NSA is the same spy agency that conducts the controversial domestic eavesdropping program that has been acknowledged by President Bush. The president said last year that he authorized the NSA to listen, without warrants, to international phone calls involving Americans suspected of terrorist links.
The report came as the former NSA director, Gen. Michael Hayden -- Bush's choice to take over leadership of the CIA -- was set to visit lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday. Hayden already faced criticism because of the NSA's secret domestic eavesdropping program. As head of the NSA from March 1999 to April 2005, Hayden also would have overseen the call-tracking program.
The NSA wants the database of domestic call records to look for any patterns that might suggest terrorist activity, USA Today said.
Don Weber, a senior spokesman for the NSA, told the paper that the agency operates within the law, but would not comment further on its operations.
"Given the nature of the work we do, it would be irresponsible to comment on actual or alleged operational issues; therefore, we have no information to provide. However, it is important to note that NSA takes it legal responsibilities seriously and operates within the law," Weber said.
One big telecommunications company, Qwest, has refused to turn over records to the program, the newspaper said, because of privacy and legal concerns.


Your country is turning into a Nazi state, and you complain. If I was an American, I for one would be out there and impeaching Bush.
How much more are you going to let this man get away with?

LoL. After I'm done growing, I'm going to make repeated phone calls to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, and an ass load of other countries.

Wonder when I'll get a visit?

Even if Bush were successfully impeached, I don't have much faith that the next guy would do things much differently. The problem goes far beyond that one man. My plan is to just get out of this country as soon as I can.

Just ring your mate and keep talking about bombs... You'll get a visit in no time... Then they'll look like idiots lol

lip they will lock you up for even talkin about bombs in a joking way with your mates
your goin to end up in guantanamo bay

i myself think bush is just a puppet for the illuminati
many may not believe in it but the signs are all there

dl pack up my children and get out of america before your all turned into mindless zombies with barcodes tattood across your faces for id

I wouldn't mind a barcode tat actually. I've been wanting to get one on my wrist. But srriously the govt sucks. I'd rather not turn tail and run, but stay and fight (with my sweet tat).

This is what kills me:
The Republicans have created a bigger government since thier Contract With America. Also, instead of standing up for the Constitution, they have succame the lure of power and are using thier position as the elites to try and stop the infromation trade of the pluralists because they know it could bring them thier demise. Instead of standing up for ordinary Americans, these assholes are standing up to protect thier sweet job.

like a rat nibbles cheese
george can nibble my nuts

both the right and the left wing both suck. repubs and dems are a bunch of jackasses. we need a new 3rd party that's not run by a complete nut. The president is just a but puppet anyway. I say we get someone like Jon stewart up there who rags on his own peeps to keep them in line.

I still say it's going to take force -- as in a unified opposition in the hundreds of thousands to millions, to overthrow this burden.

It's funny because it'd probably be primarily comprised of the poverty stricken to lower middle-class American population.

It's a single ideal that's missing.