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Explanation of NSA Spying Program.

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The NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Program was one of the many illegal measures taken by the George Bush Administration after the September 11 terrorist attacks took place on their watch and the neo-cons jumped at the opportunity to turn tragedy into an imposition of personal agendas on the nation. 

The NSA warrantless wiretapping program was authorized directly through the White House and essentially permitted the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on the international calls of any and all Americans, in violation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act mandates that a warrant must first be obtained.

The NSA warrantless wiretapping program was only one of the unconstitutional and illegal measures that the Bush Administration took, another controversial one was the creation of the U.S. PATRIOT Act which scrapped parts of the Constitution altogether.

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks the Bush Administration even suspended habeas corpus for the first time since the Civil War and authorized the use of torture for detainees at Guantanamo Bay and CIA Black Sites.

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Wiretapping was Illegal

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Domestic Eavesdropping

After the September 11 terrorist attacks President George Bush and the neo-conservatives in his Administration imposed on the United States numerous measures that denied Americans their Constitutional rights. 

One of the unconstitutional measures taken the World Trade Center attack was the creation and authorization of the NSA warrantless wiretapping program which allowed the national security agency to play it fast and loose in regards to listening in on phone calls of Americans without having to worry about obtaining a warrant as they are legally required to do. 

The United States law, as was stated by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that was created after Richard Nixon allowed his Justice Department to play fast and loose with wiretaps, made such actions illegal.

Instead of punishing the President, Congress voted in favor of removing the amendment in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that mandated a warrant.

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The Patriot Act

Not long after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, the John Ashcroft Justice Department created the U.S. PATRIOT Act.

The cleverly named bill actually stands for Uniting And Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism Act.

The bill itself was an entire revision of the Constitution as one provision allowed law enforcement agencies to detain any American whom they believe to be in anyway way linked to terrorist groups or terrorist activities without the burden of proof and permitting the person access to a lawyer.

The controversial bill also allowed the Federal Bureau of Investigation to search and collect the telephone, internet, and financial records of any American citizen and resident for the purposes of “homeland security”, a term popular in fascist regimes like Russia and Germany.

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Suspending Basic Human Rights

Almost immediately after the September 11 attacks, the White House suspended the essential writ of habeas corpus as if they were just waiting for the opportunity to do so.

The writ of habeas corpus is a common law protection given to every person in every industrialized nation to protect them against illegal detainment by the government.

In addition to being able to hold anyone without allowing them the right to protest their detainment, torture was authorized for the first time in American history, a true sign that America had lost its way under the Bush Administration.

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