Pelosi Was Briefed On and Covered Up NSA Spying On Americans <\/p>\n
When a teen asked Nancy Pelosi last week why she supports unconstitutional NSA spying, Pelosi responded that the NSA lied to Congress about what they were doing, and she didnt know: <\/p>\n
But Pelosi was actually briefed on and approved illegal mass surveillance by the NSA. <\/p>\n
Last November, high-level NSA whistleblower Bill Binney confirmed to Washingtons Blog that Pelosi was briefed on NSAs mass surveillance of Americans: <\/p>\n
WASHINGTONS BLOG: Is CBS right that you tried to warn Congress 10 years ago? <\/p>\n
BILL BINNEY: Yes, first to Diane Roark (House senior staff assigned to monitor NSA) in late 2001, then, to a House Intel Committee member. Diane also talked to Porter Goss [then-chair of the House Intelligence Committee] and Nancy Pelosi [ranking member on the Intelligence Committee at the time] about it in the same time frame. This to me was the obvious reason Nancy said (when she was speaker) that impeaching George W was off the table. Cause she was part of it from the beginning. <\/p>\n
Last week, Diane Roark confirmed that this was true: <\/p>\n
WASHINGTONS BLOG: Bill Binney explained in a recent interview that Pelosi refused to impeach Bush because she herself had signed off on mass NSA surveillance of Americans. Can you confirm Mr. Binneys statement from your experience? <\/p>\n
DIANE ROARK: Yes, Nancy Pelosi was one of the gang of four because she was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee in 2001 and for some time after that. So she gave the go-ahead to the Administration along with the others. <\/p>\n
She now claims that the administration withheld information from her. However, I sent her numerous memos updating her as I learned more and giving background on the system. I did this through her staff director, who assured me he had given them to her. Her office claimed to the New Yorker in 2011, however, that she had not received the memos. <\/p>\n
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