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Good Morning National Security Agency!

Wakie, wakie N.S.A.! I have another blog entry for your review. There is a chill in the air this morning and just knowing that President Bush authorized the N.S.A. to spy on Americans adds to that chill. We have returned to the days of Cointelpro when the F.B.I. secretly infiltrated antiwar groups, political parties, black power organizations and even women's rights and environmental groups. They used direct infiltration by agents posing as members, but also used wiretaps and break-ins to collect information on individuals and organizations. Some individuals were put on blacklists so they could not obtain employment, even though these individuals had broken no laws and committed no crimes. All they did was support their country through progressive causes and exercise their constitutional right to dissent when the leadership in Washington took the country in the wrong direction. Same thing is true today, but new technology allows the N.S.A. to use electronic keyword searches to