Tuesday, October 16, 2007

THE COUP WAS PLANNED DailyKos: "This is something that's now being whispered in nearly every conversation on the subject, but might as well be repeated here: the filings in the appeal of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio's insider trading case reveal that the Bush 'administration' was pressuring telecommunications companies to cooperate in a massive domestic spying operation well before 9/11. Nacchio's account, which places the NSA proposal at a meeting on Feb. 27, 2001, suggests that the Bush administration was seeking to enlist telecommunications firms in programs without court oversight before the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon. The Sept. 11 attacks have been cited by the government as the main impetus for its warrantless surveillance efforts. So here's the key. The domestic spying has always been justified by saying it was a necessary response to 9/11. But clearly there's damned good reason to believe these programs were conceived and initiated well before the September 11th attacks. If Qwest's competitors were already abetting this bloodless(?) coup before 9/11, then the 'administration's' domestic spying not only has little if anything to do with response to terrorism, but it also objectively failed to prevent 9/11." We could add that it is quite possible the 'administration' was heavily involved in 9/11, at least by breaking all defense and security down in the region, or even by orchestrating the whole shebang. Bush needed a new Pearl Harbor. 2:31:38 PM

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