Boom goes the dynamite! Finally a scandal with legs.

You remember when the George W. Bush administration allowed a national program that tapped phones of Americans? You remember how this was illegal? You remember how Congress approved it, after the fact, thereby giving the companies that participated in the program immunity from prosecution?

No? Check it out.

So, would it really be that surprising if the Barack Obama administration continued it?

Today it is one of the top stories in the news, as shown below:

Report: NSA snooping on U.S. phones

Source: Verizon forced to give info to spy agencies

A top secret court order requires Verizon to turn over the phone records of millions of Americans to the National Security Agency on an "ongoing daily basis," a London newspaper reports. FULL STORY

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Now YOUR Phone Records Seized

• Reuters
• A British newspaper claims in a new report NSA is collecting phone records of millions of American customers of Verizon on an 'ongoing, daily basis.'

 

White House defends phone snooping after report NSA monitors Verizon customers