In a just-published Washington Post article, titled NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort, we learn that our worst fears about the illegal NSA wiretapping program are well founded: It is ever bigger than what we know and larger in scope than what has yet been revealed. And Gonzales' testimony before congress proves it.
The Bush administration's chief intelligence official said yesterday that President Bush authorized a series of secret surveillance activities under a single executive order in late 2001. The disclosure makes clear that a controversial National Security Agency program was part of a much broader operation than the president previously described.
The disclosure by Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, appears to be the first time that the administration has publicly acknowledged that Bush's order included undisclosed activities beyond the warrantless surveillance of e-mails and phone calls that Bush confirmed in December 2005.
Meet me after the flip for how all this relates to AG Gonzales' most recent testimony, an explanation regarding why he was likely not lying in his testimony before congress, as well as the horrifying implications contained therein.
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