{"id":3564,"date":"2007-09-18T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T21:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3564"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:01","slug":"intelligence-director-us-is-intercepting-billions-of-foreign-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/intelligence-director-us-is-intercepting-billions-of-foreign-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence Director: US is intercepting &#8216;billions&#8217; of foreign communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/20070220_p022007pm-0181-515v.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/20070220_p022007pm-0181-515v.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>David Edwards and Nick Juliano, Raw Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The United States&#8217; top spy said American intelligence agencies are intercepting &#8220;billions&#8221; of conversations and e-mails abroad, but he would not say how many Americans have been inadvertently snared in this international warrantless wiretapping dragnet.<\/p>\n<p>Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell would say only that the number of Americans overheard by National Intelligence Agency eavesdroppers was &#8220;small&#8221; in relation to the massive number of &#8220;transactions&#8221; intercepted from overseas targets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Original Article)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Edwards and Nick Juliano, Raw Story &#8230;The United States&#8217; top spy said American intelligence agencies are intercepting &#8220;billions&#8221; of conversations and e-mails abroad, but he would not say how many Americans have been inadvertently snared in this international warrantless wiretapping dragnet. 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