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solypsist
07-05-2006, 15:56
The U.S. National Security Agency asked AT&T Inc. to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, lawyers claimed June 23 in court papers filed in New York federal court….

“The Bush Administration asserted this became necessary after 9/11,'’ plaintiff’s lawyer Carl Mayer said in a telephone interview. “This undermines that assertion.'’

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abIV0cO64zJE&refer=#

the current administration is looking more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld#Nixon_Administration) and more (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney#Early_White_House_appointments) Nixonian* than ever.

*Nixon was all about the supremecy of the Presidency: http://www.landmarkcases.org/nixon/nixonview.html

Fragony
07-05-2006, 16:00
It all went downhill since smoke signals....

Lemur
07-05-2006, 16:01
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/Lemurmania/fnixon.gif