May 11, 2006	It was revealed that the National Security Agency, with the assistance of AT&T, Verizon, and BellSouth, has secretly stored the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans. "It's the largest database ever assembled in the world" said an anonymous whistleblower. A poll found that 63 percent of Americans feel that it is acceptable for the NSA to build such a database.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source 1: USA Today Source 2: Media Matters for America Source 3: ABC News
January 3, 2006	A former NSA agent named Russell Tice claimed that the NSA had repeatedly spied on American citizens. “I believe I have seen some things that are illegal,” he said.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: Democracy Now!
February 26, 2004	The British government declined to prosecute Katharine Gun, the linguist who leaked a United States National Security Agency memo asking British intelligence to spy on United Nations diplomats before the invasion of Iraq; there was speculation that the government was trying to avoid another embarrassing debate about the legality of the war.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: New York Times

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