just sent this LTTE on spying revelations

In light of recent revelations about the Bush administration's domestic spying, and his insistence that it is for our protection, let's examine some of the track record.

In the lead-up to the Iraq war the administration carried out an aggressive surveillance operation that involved the interception of the home and office telephones and the emails of Key UN Security Council members and UN weapons inspector Hans Blix in New York. Blix called the revelations "disgusting", "It feels like an intrusion into your integrity in a situation when you are actually on the same side." See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1158352,00.html and
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,905936,00.html

The Pentagon has been spying on Quakers and other peaceful groups.

By no stretch of the imagination can these actions be construed as "protecting the American people".

President Bush insists the law does not apply to him and demands that we trust him to spy on Americans for our own safety. One cannot demand trust, it must be earned.