This morning's story in The New York Times doesn't surprise many people. Those of us who lived through the Nixon administration and remember some of the things done by J. Edgar Hoover, were not shocked to find out that the President authorized spying on Americans and others without a warrant. I'd just like to know a few things: What type of people were spied upon by the National Security Agency?
political opponents (John Kerry?),
war protesters (Cindy Sheehan? Michael Moore?),
people who spoke out/disagreed with the White House (Kanye West? Susan Sarandon?),
members of the media (Dan Rather? Tom Browkaw?),
investigators (Patrick Fitzgerald? Ronnie Earle?)
regular people (you, me?)
Or were these people members of a particular ethnic group or religion? Who recommended people for spying? Rumsfeld? Rice? Rove? Cheney? DeLay? Gonzalez?
Apparently, the New York Times had this story for a long time but held back on it because of a request by the White House. And you wondered if we still had freedom of the press?
