Blast From The Past

FINAL REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES UNITED STATES SENATE. {APRIL 23 (under authority of the order of April 14), 1976}

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SURVEILLANCE AFFECTING AMERICANS

This report describes the Committee's investigation into certain questionable activities of the National Security Agency (NSA). 1 The Committee's primary focus in this phase of its investigation was on NSA's electronic surveillance practices and capabilities, especially those involving American citizens, groups, and organizations.
NSA has intercepted and disseminated international communications of American citizens whose privacy ought to be protected under our Constitution. For example, from August 1945 to May 1975, NSA obtained copies of many international telegrams sent to, from, or through the United States from three telegraph companies. In addition, from the early 1960s until 1973, NSA targeted the international communications of certain American citizens by placing their names on a "watch list." Intercepted messages were disseminated to the FBI, CIA, Secret Service, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), and the Department of Defense. In neither program were warrants obtained.

The activities that were uncovered 30 years ago by this committe have not stopped, they are still going on with more secrecy and less oversight, all in the name/excuse of National Security. I guess when one hears these words we are all supposed to stop thinking and trust these criminals with whatever they want to do.

This link will take you to the official report written on these activities. Google can get you to the rest of the reports of the whole investigation.

http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/churchfinalreportIIIj.htm