Ted RallThe Truth About Sept. 11 (Cont'd)Sun Sep 15 04:35:22 2002208.152.73.112Is the government spying on American citizens? Not only is the federal government asking postal workers and meter readers to report on anything unusual they see in our homes, anecdotal evidence suggests that opponents of administration policy are being targeted for wiretaps and other forms of harassment and intimidation by government intelligence agencies. Obviously there is no place for such retro-Cold War behavior in this country; the FBI, CIA and NSA must reveal and cease all such unconstitutional activities against Americans. Why doesn't the Bush administration want a real investigation of 9/11? The House and Senate, whose intelligence committees are now meeting in private, are considering bills that would set up limited, closed-door independent investigative panels, but Bush has stymied even those watered-down efforts at openness, arguing they "would cause a further diversion of essential personnel from their duties fighting the war." What is he hiding? Americans pay George W. Bush's salary, and Americans deserve to know what he's doing. Ted Rall's new book, "To Afghanistan and Back," is available at nbmpub.com.What do you think? Discuss this story!9/11: One Year Later NATIONAL SECURITY: Spying and Lying: The FBI's Dirty Secrets Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet There has never been an accounting of how much of the FBI's resources are devoted to policing the constitutionally protected activities of our citizens. The time is now. Posted on June 6, 2002http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13316 Click: George Bush Sr. and 9/11 — David Howard, Sun Sep 15 13:11 Caspian Sea Oil and Natural Gas Export Routes — Researcher, Mon Sep 16 00:46
Ted RallThe Truth About Sept. 11 (Cont'd)Sun Sep 15 04:35:22 2002208.152.73.112Is the government spying on American citizens? Not only is the federal government asking postal workers and meter readers to report on anything unusual they see in our homes, anecdotal evidence suggests that opponents of administration policy are being targeted for wiretaps and other forms of harassment and intimidation by government intelligence agencies. Obviously there is no place for such retro-Cold War behavior in this country; the FBI, CIA and NSA must reveal and cease all such unconstitutional activities against Americans. Why doesn't the Bush administration want a real investigation of 9/11? The House and Senate, whose intelligence committees are now meeting in private, are considering bills that would set up limited, closed-door independent investigative panels, but Bush has stymied even those watered-down efforts at openness, arguing they "would cause a further diversion of essential personnel from their duties fighting the war." What is he hiding? Americans pay George W. Bush's salary, and Americans deserve to know what he's doing. Ted Rall's new book, "To Afghanistan and Back," is available at nbmpub.com.What do you think? Discuss this story!9/11: One Year Later NATIONAL SECURITY: Spying and Lying: The FBI's Dirty Secrets Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet There has never been an accounting of how much of the FBI's resources are devoted to policing the constitutionally protected activities of our citizens. The time is now. Posted on June 6, 2002http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13316 Click: