And, yes, I DO take it personally: The spy spooks speak about spying on your own

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The spy spooks speak about spying on your own

(thanks to atrios...)

A few current and former signals intelligence guys have been checking in since this NSA domestic spying story broke. Their reactions range between midly creeped out and completely pissed off.

"It's drilled into you from minute one that you should not ever, ever, ever, under any fucking circumstances turn this massive apparatus on an American citizen," one source says. "You do a lot of weird shit. But at least you don't fuck with your own people."