NSA warned Bush it needed to monitor networks

Steven M. Bellovin smb at cs.columbia.edu
Fri Mar 11 21:25:27 EST 2005


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Spy-Agency-Documents.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Security Agency warned President
Bush in 2001 that monitoring U.S. adversaries would require a
``permanent presence'' on networks that also carry Americans'
messages that are protected from government eavesdropping.

...


``Make no mistake, NSA can and will perform its missions consistent
with the Fourth Amendment and all applicable laws,'' the document
says.

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