Over at the Wired News Threat Level blog, Ryan Singel writes:
The nation's top spook Michael McConnell told El Paso Times reporter Chris Roberts last week that debating the nation's spy laws in public means "some Americans are going to die"
[ Ed note: And every time you masturbate, god kills a kitten. ]
…and that companies being sued for helping the government spy on Americans did help the government, an admission that Bush Administration lawyers have repeatedly told courts was a secret that could put Americans at risk. The astounding interview was published on Wednesday.
Link. And in related news, Ryan also reports:
The Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell contradicted the government and his own legal defenses of the nations' telecoms by telling an El Paso newspaper that the companies helped the government with its warrantless wiretapping program. That program ran from October 2001 to January 2006 without court supervision, but now gets special program warrants from a secret spy court.
The nation's largest telecoms, including AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, are being sued for allegedly violating federal and state privacy laws by secretly helping the government spy on Americans' phone and email calls.
Link.
