Slog - Comments on The Sept. 11 attacks have been cited by the government as the main impetus for its warrantless surveillance efforts. But... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t I missed this article from a few days ago. It's worth putting on Slog. You know how the Bush Administration is always justifying its warrantless spying program by saying ... "If we had had this before Sept. 11..." The implication of this scare-tactic politicking, of course, is that if the Democratic Congress doesn't sign off on Bush's creepy surveillance policies, the Democrats are aiding the terrorists. "They don't understand the Post Septmeber 11 world," Bush admonishes critics of his Stasi ways. In that context, this report from the Washington Post in which a telecom official from Qwest claims the administration... Copyright 2008 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:45:39 -0800 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:36:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Shocking.

(Sarcasm)

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826912 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826912 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:48:06 -0800 Comment by BillyBob I swear to GAWD, that I read somewhere that this has been going on since at least 2000, if not earlier. The C.I.A. has this Project Echelon (SP?) that has allowed them to do warrentless wiretapping for years. Google it or sumptin'...

]]> BillyBob http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826915 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:51:08 -0800 Comment by monkey I have Verizon right now. While I know they all suck I'm starting to think I might switch to Qwest.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826916 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:54:08 -0800 Comment by Just Me Ah, Josh, Air America has been talking about this little fact for nearly two weeks. (Even fart joke lady Stephanie Miller has covered it) But welcome to the party, even though you are a little late.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826918 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826918 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:57:32 -0800 Comment by Darrell Doesn't it seem that something like this should be covered in depth by the major news outlets? I also heard this a couple of weeks ago on Air America and Keith Olbermann and just can't wrap my head around why this isn't a lead story on the NBC, CBS and ABC nightly news broadcasts? It must be that notorious 'liberal media bias' I always hear about.

]]> Darrell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826924 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:02:17 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Maybe Bush meant September 11 1973, when Salvador Allende's government was overthrown.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826928 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826928 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:04:41 -0800 Comment by Just Me I am still trying to understand why/how the Stranger claims to be "alternative" media when they tend towards mainstream media topics.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826933 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826933 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:11:32 -0800 Comment by multiple choice 4) All of the above

]]> multiple choice http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826951 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c826951 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:21:56 -0800 Comment by Meagan Oh, man. I can't believe it has come to this. Somehow, Joe Nacchio of all people is going to come the aid of us poor, defenseless, wiretapped Americans? Joe "Insider Trading" Nacchio was able to dump his Qwest stock before it came basically worthless, which decreased the worth of thousands of their employees' pensions. You may remember that he was sentenced to six years in federal prison for it.

I wouldn't rely too heavily on any information that asshole is willing to provide, especially since he's trying to claim that his conviction is retaliation for his refusal to provide documents to the NSA.

ASSHOLE.

]]> Meagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c827032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c827032 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:23:50 -0800 Comment by Nose Knows "using illegal surveillance tactics seven months before September 11—is, if true—extra embarrassing for Bush."

Or would be, if anything, anything at all, embarrassed Bush. Or, really, even got his attention...

]]> Nose Knows http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c827625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_sept_11_attacks_have_been_cited_by_t#c827625 News Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:36:08 -0800