[privacy] Intel Czar Mike McConnell Admits Testimony 'Error'

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Newsweek.

[snip]

In a new embarrassment for the Bush administration top spymaster, Director
of National Intelligence Mike McConnell is withdrawing an assertion he made
to Congress this week that a recently passed electronic-surveillance law
helped U.S. authorities foil a major terror plot in Germany.

The temporary measure, signed into law by President Bush on Aug. 5, gave
the U.S. intelligence community broad new powers to eavesdrop on telephone
and e-mail communications overseas without seeking warrants from the
surveillance court. The law expires in six months and is expected to be the
subject of intense debate in the months ahead.

On Monday, McConnell—questioned by Sen. Joe Lieberman—claimed the law,
intended to remedy what the White House said was an intelligence gap, had
helped to “facilitate” the arrest of three suspects believed to be
planning massive car bombings against American targets in Germany. Other
U.S. intelligence-community officials questioned the accuracy of
McConnell's testimony and urged his office to correct it.

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More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20749773/site/newsweek/

- - ferg

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