USA Today came out with an article revealing that the NSA had created a database consisting of call histories for millions of "ordinary Americans" not specifically targeted for suspected criminal activity. Here's an excerpt:
"The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls of ordinary Americans — most of whom aren't suspected of any crime. This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations. But the spy agency is using the data to analyze calling patterns in an effort to detect terrorist activity, sources said in separate interviews."
The link to the full article is here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...-nsa_x.htm?453
I don't know about anyone else, but I feel violated. If this doesn't propel Bush to record low numbers and take a number of his Republican colleagues down with him this fall, nothing will.