This is a way to create a citizens revolt against illegal wiretapping. It is based on comments from White House, the NSA General, and the fired NSA technician.

i've posted previously on echelon, here and here... the description of nsa spying activities, provided by tice, the recently-identified nsa whistleblower, fits echelon to a "t..."

   Russell Tice, a longtime insider at the National Security Agency, is now a whistleblower the agency would like to keep quiet.

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    Tice tells ABC News that some of those secret "black world" operations run by the NSA were operated in ways that he believes violated the law.

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