Reply #46: I believe that a major reason for the spying is to get BLACKMAIL material

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to keep GOPs, Dems, media and other key people toeing the Bushie regime line. I'm not the only one thinking about how the Bushies enforce complliance with their criminal agenda. For example:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x338735
thread title (2-6-06 GD): Ex-Reagan official- Dubya uses spying to blackmail media & Dems

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x342591
thread title (2-6-06 GD): Rove Threatens Republican Senators...

The second of these current threads talks about how Rove is threatening any GOP Senators who dare to question the NSA spying legality with political non-support. But really, can't you see Rove doing his usual behind-the-scenes arm-twisting and dirty tricks, letting them know (through intermediates so that deniability is preserved) that he's got tapes of them with male or female prostitutes or documents showing them taking bribes? Even if he MAKES UP a charge of corruption, it would quite possibly destroy a reputation.