Hiding behind the defense of last resort the NSA and the Bush White House are attempting to block a civil liberties suit by the Electronic Frontiers Foundation to uncover the illegally complicit actions in tapping the phones and internet communications of American's without any warrants. The are calling the matter "Top Secret" and trying to hush the entire episode up. The truth may be more disturbing than the NSA warrantless wiretaps that Bush ordered.
According to Mark Klein, a former technician for AT&T who says Internet data passing through a switching center in San Francisco is being diverted to a secret room. There, Mr. Klein says, "the security agency has installed powerful computers to eavesdrop without warrants on the digital data and forward the information to an undisclosed place."
Not surprising they want this hushed up. This is in clear violation of several laws and makes the current wiretap scandal pale in comparison. AT&T claims things should be secret too, they are claiming infringement on trade secrets to block the investigation.
So it seems that now whenever a whistleblower calls Bush or his cronies on an illegal scheme, it immediately becomes "Top Secret". Welcome to the new totalitarianism. "We decide what is good for you, you will not question us."
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