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Zeebadee · Jan 30, 2006, 04:19 pm

http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/2006/01/013006.html

"Yet even as Mr. Baker was expressing concerns about lowering the probable cause threshold, the government was doing precisely that in the NSA domestic surveillance activity.

Baker's testimony was highlighted last week by blogger Glenn Greenwald and cited in the Washington Post and the New York Times.

Strangely, however, the testimony in which Mr. Baker presented those concerns cannot be found anywhere on the public record except for the Federation of American Scientists web site:

http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002...3102baker.html

The testimony that is posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee web site does not contain the three paragraphs in which Mr. Baker questions the propriety of going beyond the probable cause standard as proposed by Senator DeWine."

I am beginning to wonder if this nation can survive another couple of years of bush and his cronies. Testimony contradicts policy?? No problem, just pretend it was never said.

PatrickHenry · Jan 30, 2006, 07:45 pm

Who does the expurgation and how? Very curious...

Jan 30, 2006, 04:19 pm	#1 (permalink) (top)
Zeebadee Volcanic Erupter Posts: 3,771	The Mystery Of The Two James Baker Statements http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/2006/01/013006.html "Yet even as Mr. Baker was expressing concerns about lowering the probable cause threshold, the government was doing precisely that in the NSA domestic surveillance activity. Baker's testimony was highlighted last week by blogger Glenn Greenwald and cited in the Washington Post and the New York Times. Strangely, however, the testimony in which Mr. Baker presented those concerns cannot be found anywhere on the public record except for the Federation of American Scientists web site: http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2002...3102baker.html The testimony that is posted on the Senate Intelligence Committee web site does not contain the three paragraphs in which Mr. Baker questions the propriety of going beyond the probable cause standard as proposed by Senator DeWine." I am beginning to wonder if this nation can survive another couple of years of bush and his cronies. Testimony contradicts policy?? No problem, just pretend it was never said. "Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied." - Leonard Cohen

Jan 30, 2006, 07:45 pm	#2 (permalink) (top)
PatrickHenry 9/11: Inside Job Location: Hawai'i, Big Island Posts: 10,438	Who does the expurgation and how? Very curious... "Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense." -- John Adams