10,000 files collected for Bush's enemy's list: Wilson, Moore, Boxer, Kos

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During the John Bolton hearings for the UN post, it was revealed that when he was at the State Department, he requested and recieved summaries of intercepts between foreigners and "U.S. persons" and got the NSA to tell him who the U.S. citizens were. They gave up whatever files he requested without asking why he wanted the dossiers or what they were to be used for.

Newsweek reported on Aug.10 that from January 2004 to May 2005, the National Security Agency had supplied names of some 10,000 American citizens in this informal fashion to policy makers throughout the government, other American intelligence services and law enforcement agencies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/opinion/10keefe.html?ex=1281326400&en=bd9166e55789a526&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

and,

Capitol Hill Blue reported on Nov.8 the discovery of an enemy's list on a Bush database by prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald during his investigation of the Valerie Plame leak. CHB reported that:

". . . aided by the USA Patriot Act, the Bush Administration has compiled dossiers on more than 10,000 Americans it considers political enemies and uses those files to wage war on those who disagree with its policies.

The “enemies list” dates back to Bush’s days as governor of Texas and can be accessed by senior administration officials in an instant for use in campaigns to discredit those who speak out against administration policies or acts of the President."

The computerized files include intimate personal details on members of Congress; high-ranking local, state and federal officials; prominent media figures and ordinary citizens who may, at one time or another, have spoken out against the President or Administration.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7625.shtml


Doesn't this frickin stink to the moon? How do these two accounts mesh?

Here's Bush popping out of nowhere to 'admit' that he authorized the spying of American citizens. Were all of the targets of Bush's authorizations people that the NSA chose to investigate, or were the names initiated from within the White House? This has the look of a CYA move to head off a Fitzmas scrutiny of the president. This at least puts Bush in the chain that led to Joe Wilson's wife's name getting dug up to deflect from Uraniumgate.

from the CHB article:

"White House insiders tell disturbing tales of invasion of privacy, abuse of government power and use of expanded authority under the USA Patriot Act to dig into the personal lives of anyone the administration deems an enemy of the state."