6/29 The Guardian published a 51-page NSA Inspector General Report dated Mar 24, 2009 for President Surveillance Program. It has Very Detail documentation that right after 911 attack, Bush Administration soon request NSA to start surveillance on American communications and draft proposal to change FISA that will give President to conduct electronic surveillance without court order for foreign intelligence information !! A PDF copy is at: emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/090324-Draft-NSA-IG-Report.pdf READ page 3 BACKGROUND - On 4 October, 2001, President George W Bush issued a memorandum titled AUTHORIZATION FOR SPECIFIED ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITY DURING A LIMITED PERIOD TO DETECT AND PREVENT TERRORISM WITHIN UNITED STATES... -- Question: Is it for a limited period ONLY? OR Indeed FOREVER !! page 4 Presidents Surveillance Program Terminology- the PSP refers to NSA activity conducted under the authority of the 4 Oct, 2001 president memorandum and subsequent renewals....it includes the Terrorist Surveillance Program... page 8 Early Effort to Amend FISA- Given the limitation of FISA, there were early effort to amend the status...For example, the HPSCI ask NSA for technical assistance in drafting to amend Section III of FISA that would give the President the authority to conduct electronic surveillance without court order....On Sep 20, 2001, NSA general counsel wrote to Judge Alberto Gonzales, counsel to the President, asking whether this proposal has merit... page 9 ON Oct 4, 2001, the President delegate authority through Secretary of Defense to director of NSA to conduct specific electronic surveillance...Because the surveillance included wire and cable communication carried into or out of USA, it would otherwise have required FISC authority...The authorization allow NSA to conduct 4 types of collection activities: Telephony contents, Internet contents, Telephony metadata, Internet metadata.... theguardian/world/interactive/2013/jun/27/nsa-inspector-general-report-document-data-collection
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