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Titolo: Top Spy Asked to Explain Pre-9/11 Spying Allegations

Top Spy Asked to Explain Pre-9/11 Spying Allegations
By Ryan Singel October 15, 2007 | 6:47:11 PMCategories: NSA, Sunshine and
Secrecy, Surveillance   
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers is asking the Justice Department and
the head of national intelligence to answer startling allegations that the
National Security Agency's still-unconfirmed call records data mining
program started 7 months before the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and that the
government retaliated against a telecom for saying it thought a request to
participate was illegal.
As first reported here on THREAT LEVEL and then followed up on (sans
credit)  by the Washington Post and the New York Times, court documents
unveiled last week show that former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio tried,
unsuccessfully, to raise allegations in court that he refused an NSA
request for help from his telecom in February 27, 2001, nearly 7 months
prior to 9/11.
Though the specific program is redacted in the documents, Nacchio's lawyer
confirmed in 2006 that Qwest had repeatedly turned down requests from the
NSA for its customer call records. AT&T and MCI (now owned by Verizon)
complied with the request, according to the USA Today.
Nacchio was seeking to argue that he expected in 2001 to win secret NSA
contracts, but didn't because the NSA retaliated for his refusal. 
Nacchio was convicted in June of making millions by selling shares of
Qwest stock, knowing the company wouldn't make its publicly announced
revenue targets. Nacchio wanted to argue in court that he expected the
company would be getting classified contracts, which would have made the
company make the public projections. Nacchio, sentenced to six years in
prison, is free pending appeal.
Conyers wrote (.pdf) Monday to Assistant Attorney General Ken Wainstein
and Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell about these
"disturbing revelations," referring to both the pre-9/11 date and the
alleged retaliation.
It is crucial, however, that Congress be fully informed of all the
Administration’s surveillance activities involving telecommunications
companies, particularly in light of the Administration’s request that
retroactive immunity from liability be provided to these companies and
Administration officials. Accordingly, I ask that you provide the
Committee with an immediate briefing on the facts behind these recent
revelations, and that you then provide us with any documents concerning
the nature and scope of these pre-9/11 activities and the legal basis for
conducting them. 
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 Spiegaci che cosa hai capito di questa torbida storia 
te lo devo spiegare perche' tu, solito tarato, non hai ricapito un cazzo
vero?
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 Molto poco caro. 
non mi sorprende.
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 non mi sorprende.
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Posso scriverti in pvt, camerata?
C'e' una questione da discutere e visto il panico precedente, chiedo il 
tuo consenso informato a violare la tua casella.
Tb

 dicono che tu non leggi quel che posti e/o non lo capisci.
ma non č ancora piu' grave che non l'hai capito tu, ciccio, visto che e'
pure in inglese? rotfl!
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 Posso scriverti in pvt, camerata?
 vuoi mandarmi anche dei proiettili in una busta? 
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 anche dei proiettili in una busta? 
Ellamadonna, mica ti starai cagando sotto?
Tb

 Ellamadonna, mica ti starai cagando sotto?
no perche' non sarebbe la prima volta che succederebbe a casa mia, ma sai
visto che sei un fascistoide fanatico come certi tizi che non considerano
Kahane un razzista, non si sa mai. 
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 2. Di quelli con la punta rinforzata all'Uranio.
quello che ti mettono come tappo quando non ci sono nazisti a cui
porgere?

 wrote:
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No, quello che si merita una schifosa canaglia che difende altre
canaglie assassine, i polonizzatori.

 Un proiettile di carro armato? Non hai il senso del ridicolo.
alle famiglie dei palestinesi ogni tanto glielo mandano.
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