Former military intelligence worker Adrienne Kinne is talking about the Bush Administration's illegal wiretapping and the "fixing of intelligence in the leadup to the invasion of Iraq." (Truthout)
Kinne said it was "unacceptable" for intelligence workers to listen in on Americans before September 11, 2001, but intelligence workers were given a "waiver to spy on Americans" in mid-2002. Kinne also described an incident in 2003 involving a fax whose validity she questioned: she was reprimanded for questioning it (see story).
That's not surprising, given what we've been learning this year. This is the part that raised my eyebrows:
"Kinne dates this incident to the period just before the official invasion of Iraq, or possibly just after. She says that because the US engaged in so much bombing prior to the official invasion, she cannot recall for sure."
Am I the last to learn that our leaders regularly bombed Iraq before that orchestrated media lead-up to the "official" invasion (the one that included embedded journalists)?
Kinne wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy about her desire to talk, but he hasn't responded yet. I suspect he will, given that the Committee recently subpoenaed the White House for information relating to its illegal wiretapping programs.
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