Author: soj

I’ve never done this before, but fellow Frog Ponders, I am writing this diary to ask for your help. Note: If this diary is deemed inappopriate, I will delete it immediatelyLet me go ahead and introduce myself, although I...

The administration’s legal justifications for bypassing FISA and “authorizing” surveillance of Americans is clearly breaking the law. This post is going to sum it up in an easy to understand nutshell.The proof...

Yesterday, the former director of NSA (1999-2005), General Michael Hayden gave a speech.We’ll start with Reuters: A top U.S. intelligence official on Monday said President George W. Bush’s warrantless spying program...

Promoted from the diaries by Steven D, with some minor editing. The story about Russ Tice is a little more complicated than has previously been reported. First, the established story so far: In October 2004, New York Times...

Obviously the subject of terrorism, the “war on terror” and the acts of terrorists are something that appears every day in the media. It’s also something I’ve been wanting to write about for a while,...