It was an easy story to miss, what with all the excited speculation of who would testify against O.J. Simpson. Look back. Don’t miss it. It’s important.
The former CEO of Qwest, a telecommunications company, has revealed that the Bush White House started its program to spy on Americans’ phone records long before September 11, 2001.
On February 27, 2001, just weeks after George W. Bush became President, the NSA demanded private records of Americans’ telephone calls, without a search warrant.
Why?
Pay attention, now. What this demonstrates is that the “warrantless wiretapping” programs to spy on the private communications of Americans are not, and never were, about stopping terrorism.
What is the Bush White House now pushing for with the renewal of the Protect America Act? They’re pushing for new legal measures that would prevent telecommunications companies from telling courts of law, retroactively about illegal government surveillance.
George W. Bush knows that he committed a crime, and he’s trying to get Congress to pass laws that will prevent the truth from coming out.
Democrats in Congress, this is what oversight is for. Now go. Conduct oversight. Subpoena Bush – under oath.
