NSA eavesdropped on the personal calls of military, humanitarian workers in Iraq

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Peter Capek" <capek () ieee org>
Date: October 12, 2008 11:53:00 AM EDT
To: "Dave Farber - IP" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Report: NSA eavesdropped on the personal calls of military,  
humanitarian workers in Iraq

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=5998254



Report: NSA Listened in on Personal Military Calls

Report: NSA eavesdropped on the personal calls of military,  
humanitarian workers in Iraq

By PAMELA HESS

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON



The Senate Select Intelligence Committee is looking into allegations  
from two U.S. military linguists that the government routinely  
listened in on phone calls of American military and humanitarian aid  
workers serving overseas.

"These are extremely disturbing allegations," said Committee Chairman  
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., in a statement issued Thursday. "We  
have requested all relevant information from the Bush administration.  
Any time there is an allegation regarding abuse of the privacy and  
civil liberties of Americans it is a very serious matter."

ABC News first reported the charges Thursday, citing one current and  
one former military linguist by name. They are contained in the book  
"The Shadow Factory," to be published next week.

The linguists said National Security Agency interceptors routinely  
monitored and recorded the private calls of U.S. military personnel,  
Red Cross and other humanitarian workers; personal discussions that  
had entertainment value— pillow talk or phone sex— were shared among  
intercept operators, they said.

National Security Agency spokesman Patrick Bomgardner said some of the  
allegations have already been investigated by the agency and found to  
be unsubstantiated.

"Others are in the investigation process," he said, declining to  
provide further detail

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