Bush’s Spy Program Predated 9/11
The NSA began its data-mining activities early in 2001. This disclosure contradicts the president's claim about the program being a product of his post-9/11 "smoke 'em out" mind-set. | story
Truthout: The National Security Agency advised President Bush in early 2001 that it had been eavesdropping on Americans during the course of its work monitoring suspected terrorists and foreigners believed to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document.
The NSA’s vast data-mining activities began shortly after Bush was sworn in as president and the document contradicts his assertion that the 9/11 attacks prompted him to take the unprecedented step of signing a secret executive order authorizing the NSA to monitor a select number of American citizens thought to have ties to terrorist groups.
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