Bush orders NSA to Snoop on US...When will this insanity END!

Not content
with spying on other countries, the NSA (National Security Agency) will
now turn on the US's own government agencies thanks to a fresh
directive from president George Bush.

Under the new
guidelines, the NSA and other intelligence agencies can bore into the
internet networks of all their peers. The Bush administration pulled
off this spy expansion by pointing to an increase in the number of
cyber attacks directed against the US, possibly from foreign nations.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) will
spearhead the effort around identifying the source of these attacks,
while the Department of Homeland Security and Pentagon will concentrate
on retaliation.

The
Washington Post appears to have broken the news about the new Bush-led
joint directive, which remains classified. The paper reported that the
directive - National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland
Security Presidential Directive 23 - was signed on Jan. 8. Earlier
reports from the Baltimore Sun documented the NSA's plans to add US
spying to its international snooping duties.

 

(source: UK register)