Army has authority to spy on Americans?

[BushOut06]

CQ HOMELAND SECURITY – INTELLIGENCE
Jan. 31, 2006 – 9:21 p.m.
Official: Army Has Authority to Spy on Americans
By Jeff Stein, CQ Staff

“Contrary to popular belief, there is no absolute ban on intelligence components collecting U.S. person information,” the U.S.Army’s top intelligence officer said in a 2001 memo that surfaced Tuesday.

Not only that, military intelligence agencies are permitted to “receive” domestic intelligence information, even though they cannot legally “collect” it,” according to the Nov. 5, 2001, memo issued by Lt. Gen. Robert W. Noonan Jr., the deputy chief of staff for intelligence.

“MI may receive information from anyone, anytime,” Noonan wrote in the memo, obtained by Secrecy News, a newsletter from the non-profit Federation of American Scientists in Washington.

Defense Department and Army regulations “allow collection about U.S. persons reasonably believed to be engaged, or about to engage, in international terrorist activities,” Noonan continued.

(article continues at http://cqpolitics.com/cq.com/www.cq.com/public/20060131_homeland.html)

What kind of shit is this? Is there ANYTHING that the government can't or won't do?

[berni_mccoy]

1. I guess this guy hasn't read the U.S. Constitution, Amendment 4

[Hosnon]

3. I think there are some exceptions that allow for searches if the evidence

won't be used for trial.

[converted_democrat]

2. Uneffing real.. This stuff is starting to make my brain hurt... n/t

[undergroundpanther]

4. hmm helicopters have been

flying around my area all night. sigh.

[converted_democrat]

5. If you would have said that 6 months ago, I may have doubted you..

Or at least think of it as really suspect..Now, not so much.. :shrug:

[undergroundpanther]

6. I live near aberdeen

proving ground .

And this happened in my neighborhood recently,I dunno what happened to the people that lived 3 doors down after all that either.

http://www.unknownnews.org/05D31-J06d-1231Panther.html