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[Phys-L] Re: Washington Times on NSA SAPs



reported by UNDERNEWS [20060111]

WHISTLEBLOWER: MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CAUGHT IN NSA DRAGNET

DOUG IRELAND, DIRELAND - ABC's "Nightline" last night aired a
terrifying scoop: a former senior insider at the National Security
Agency said that the agency has illegally spied on "millions" of
Americans who make telephone calls overseas. Russell Tice, a 20-year
veteran with the NSA turned whistleblower, told ABC: "I specialized in
what's called special access programs," Tice said of his job. "We
called them 'black world' programs and operations." But now, Tice told
ABC News that some of those secret "black world" operations run by the
NSA were conducted in ways that he believes violated the law. He said
he is prepared to tell Congress all he knows about the alleged
wrongdoing in these programs run by the Defense Department snd the
National Security Agency in the post-9/11 efforts to go after
terrorists. . .

According to Tice, NSA intelligence analysts use the information to
develop graphs that resemble spiderwebs linking one suspect's phone
number to hundreds or even thousands more. Tice said the number of
Americans subject to eavesdropping by the NSA could be in the millions
if the full range of secret NSA programs is used. "That would mean for
most Americans that if they conducted, or you know, placed an overseas
communication, more than likely they were sucked into that vacuum," Tice
said.

http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2006/01/abcs_scoop_mill.html

ABC INTERVIEW
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1491889

Reminds me of the comment from my friendly dope supplier [ca. 1980] when
he saw my address book: "Just what the police like to find."

bc, thinks the above admission is nothing new if Tice is correct.

p.s. I see; the people who represent us and channel our taxes mustn't
know how they are spent.

Brian Whatcott wrote:

I found something disturbing about this piece.
I have not independently confirmed it.

Brian W

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Ex-official warned against testifying on NSA programs
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
January 12, 2006


The National Security Agency has warned a former intelligence officer that
he should not testify to Congress about accusations of illegal activity at
NSA because of the secrecy of the programs involved.
Renee Seymour, director of NSA special access programs stated in a
Jan. 9 letter to Russ Tice that he should not testify about secret electronic
intelligence programs because members and staff of the House and Senate
intelligence committees do not have the proper security clearances for
the secret intelligence.
Miss Seymour stated that Mr. Tice has "every right" to speak to
Congress and that NSA has "no intent to infringe your rights."
However, she stated that the programs Mr. Tice took part in were
so secret that "neither the staff nor the members of the
[House intelligence committee] or [Senate intelligence committee] are
cleared to receive the information covered by the special access
programs, or SAPs."
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