NSA Spy Scandal
One of the recent scandals in the US Presidential is that of the NSA Spy scandal which is considered to be a major blow to President Bush. Numerous media reports had recently uncovered disgraceful program by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) which has been secretly collecting the details of phone calls made by tens of millions of Americans, with the help of the country’s leading telecommunication companies, AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth. Despite President George W. Bush insistence that those leaks don’t in any way hurt national security, the scandal, the latest controversial twist to his war on terror, is likely to not sit well with the American public.
The American President claimed that NSA, a secret spy agency created during the Korean War in 1952, only acts within the law and that every citizen’s privacy is fiercely protected. According to a report published Thursday by the USA Today newspaper, the NSA, supposed to be responsible for protecting the American nation from foreign security threats, has been spying on thousands of homes and businesses across the U.S.; recording phone calls of ordinary Americans, most of who aren't suspected of any crime. (Boot, 2006)
The USA report further stated that AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, the U.S.’ biggest telecommunications companies, which provide local and wireless phone service to more than 200 million clients, worked under contract with the NSA, which launched the program shortly after September 11 attacks which shook the U.S. in 2001. The American President had already admitted that last year he gave the NSA authorization to spy on international calls and international e-mails of people, whom he claims are suspected of having links to some terrorists organizations, without court warrants.
The uncovering of the controversial programme comes as the U.S. President George W. Bush's approval rating is at all-time lows............
