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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43252)	12/21/2005 4:49:45 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

One hell of a conference call here: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 - A surveillance program approved by President Bush to conduct eavesdropping without warrants has captured what are purely domestic communications in some cases, despite a requirement by the White House that one end of the intercepted conversations take place on foreign soil, officials say. The officials say the National Security Agency's interception of a small number of communications between people within the United States was apparently accidental, and was caused by technical glitches at the National Security Agency in determining whether a communication was in fact "international." Telecommunications experts say the issue points up troubling logistical questions about the program. At a time when communications networks are increasingly globalized, it is sometimes difficult even for the N.S.A. to determine whether someone is inside or outside the United States when making a cellphone call or sending an e-mail message. As a result, people that the security agency may think are outside the United States are actually on American soil. ... But in at least one instance, someone using an international cellphone was thought to be outside the United States when in fact both people in the conversation were in the country. Officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the program remains classified, would not discuss the number of accidental intercepts, but the total is thought to represent a very small fraction of the total number of wiretaps that Mr. Bush has authorized without getting warrants. In all, officials say the program has been used to eavesdrop on as many as 500 people at any one time, with the total number of people reaching perhaps into the thousands in the last three years. nytimes.com as many as 500 people at any one time!

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43252)	12/21/2005 5:03:34 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Senate rejects drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge Republicans fail to garner enough support to avoid threat of filibuster msnbc.msn.com

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43252)	12/21/2005 5:43:57 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Housing Bubble Correction Fifteen Years to Revert to the Mean? alwayson-network.com

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43252)	12/22/2005 2:16:28 AM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

HAHA! Thats funny KT! Hearing reviews for broke back mountain, seeing Elton John have his gay marriage in the UK welcomed by tony blair - and now reading about group sex being made legal in Canada - I wonder how all the christians in the USA can stand it? msnbc.msn.com OTTAWA - Group sex among consenting adults is neither prostitution nor a threat to society, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Wednesday as it lifted a ban on so-called “swingers” clubs. Labaye said he had about 2,000 regular clients who paid around $20 ($17 U.S.) a year for a membership card. Lawyers for Labaye and the owner of another swingers’ club in Montreal argued that consensual sex among groups of adults behind closed doors was neither indecent or a risk to society. The Supreme Court judges agreed. They also dismissed the idea — raised during Labaye’s original trial — that group sex was dangerous because it could result in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. “Sex that is not indecent can transmit disease while indecent sex might not,” they ruled.