"We're Really Screwed Now."

[rich]

any country that doesnt spy on its allies is pretty dumb


On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Robin Landseadel <
robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hard to imagine any current events closer to Bleeding Edge than this:
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> "One of the National Security Agency's biggest defenders in Congress is
> suddenly at odds with the agency and calling for a top-to-bottom review of
> U.S. spy programs. And her long-time friends and allies are completely
> mystified by the switch.
> "We're really screwed now," one NSA official told The Cable. "You know
> things are bad when the few friends you've got disappear without a trace in
> the dead of night and leave no forwarding address."
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> In a pointed statement issued today, Senate Intelligence Committee
> chairman Dianne Feinstein said she was "totally opposed" to gathering
> intelligence on foreign leaders and said it was "a big problem" if
> President Obama didn't know the NSA was monitoring the phone calls of
> German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She said the United States should only be
> spying on foreign leaders with hostile countries, or in an emergency, and
> even then the president should personally approve the surveillance.
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> It was not clear what precipitated Feinstein's condemnation of the NSA. It
> marks a significant reversal for a lawmaker who not only defended agency
> surveillance programs -- but is about to introduce a bill expected to
> protect some of its most controversial activities."
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> "The rest . . . .    . . . . of the story":
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> http://thecable.foreignpolicy.**com/posts/2013/10/28/were_**
> really_screwed_now_nsas_best_**friend_just_shivved_the_spies<http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/28/were_really_screwed_now_nsas_best_friend_just_shivved_the_spies>
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> And here's Mr. DiFi:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Richard_C._Blum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_C._Blum>
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> Conflict of interest? No way!
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