My quote...Fascism is like a fog that comes in the night which you will not see until the light of morning, at which time you will have no idea of its duration.

ERGO

This guy sounds like another case os somebody sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. I serioulsy doubt that 120 pages of documents outlining the methodology of a top secret government operation were just "left around" the office. Maybe he needs a good IRS audit or two.... or three.....

Will the U.S.Government now pay him WHISTLE BLOWER MONEY?seems that the people in Government can't tell anyone what there illegal plan is SO they run over us lie to us FOR WHAT!

SPENDING RIGHTS TO OUR TAX MONEY!

Osama bin Laden hides in plain site dressed in the traditional garb of muslum women. It is likely he is in site of US troops. He is a coward hiding behind a womens skirt.

So the media is now responsible for the cover up of information.

Call it Un-News.

Interesting... I guess there's a first time for everything, eh?

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"Those that don't read the news are un-informed. Those that do read the news, are mis-informed"

... Mark Twain

I can understand if the information was on Americans who are innocent of any wrong doing. But Mr. Klein has more of a personnel desire to release this information based on need to for public recognition and self indulgence. Gentleman, we are in a state of War, Mr. Klein in his hate of the Government and the President found himself right in his own mind to release this secrect information. He claims this does the enemy no good. What makes him so smart in the dealings on National Security. Where did he serve as in Intelligence officer in our government? I quote a long standing thought, "Loose lips sink ships." A bit old for todays times, but just think about what Mr. Klien is trying to do, who does he help, the public, no..the public already knows of our intelligence gathering over the internet. But who is Mr. Klien realy helping, the current news service which will prove some kind of royalties for releasing the story. Maybe. I tell you who is going to lose, We are, Americans who are defending this nation from terrorist in and out of our country. Oh you don't care, as long as the President and the Intelligence community of America don't have the tools to fight international terrorist and Tyrants. You don't Care...? Well get ready folks, the War is coming to our shores and cities, that is the realities of this War. Gentlemen like Mr. Klien, though his intension might be good for some, will cost our country in lives lost do to the fact our intelligence community could not monitor and Identify protentual terrorist in and out of our boarders. That is a fact..
Dario Gonzalez
USAF Retired

It only takes something like this to give weight to all conspiracy theories

Whistle-blower Klein: A unique war requires unique weapons. In this Information Age, we need to use acquired information as one of those weapons. Let's not tie the hands of every legal agency that is trying to secure the safety and liberty of the US like we tied the hands of the US soldiers fighting in Iraq. That country would have been stabilized months ago if it weren't for our internal polarization.

This is another reason why the world do not trust this moron that the supreme court has installed in the white house, a long time ago my father once told me "When you're dumb, you're dangerous, and the occupants of the white house are a very dangerous bunch, lets hope the change in the election of late...would stop these war hungry men from starting world warIII.

this is typical of the total lack of respect for the contitution that has been the hallmark of the Bush Administration. Why these people have not been impeached is a wonder

how about prosecuting this guy???

It's another case of, 'Just thinking about this violates state secrets'. How many terrorists are there in the world? How many with means? .0001% if that? Yet everything we do now resolves around that small number. 99.999% of US citizens have their rights eroded for what? With our government today, the only thing we have to fear is everything.

I also work in the telecommunications industry.
Contrast this story with the apparent resurgence of a monopolistic setting of the telecommunications industry and the aggressive A&M activity of AT&T. Makes one wonder whether the recent FCC rulings weakening CLEC footprints across the USA is due to sound fiscal reasoning by the FCC or ease of controlling and monitoring communications by the NSA. Orwellian for sure – of course only those doing something wrong should worry. Big government is our friend.

With the way radical Islamists use the internet for manipulation and communication, I'm glad national security is onto this. I've got nothing to hide. Makes me wonder what Mark Klein's been up to. If NSA and AT&T can help catch the people that are trying to kill us, go for it.

Scott,
It took only 19 to bring down the two towers of the World Trade Center and to destroy a huge section of the Pentagon. I have no problem with the government monitoring emails until they find the others.

It’s appalling that they very government designed to ‘preserve, defend and protect’ the constitution daily is finding ways to subvert the very basis of our country’s existence. Mr. Bush and his cohorts are one of the greatest dangers to world peace we have today. The removal of basic rights, government intrusions into our privacy is exactly how dictators began their reigns. Other countries are telling us they consider the US as the greatest contributor to world instability. Where did our values go? George Bush has been responsible for more American deaths than Osama Bin Laden. You go, Mark Klein! Thank you, from a fellow American.

No more secrets as they say. They read your mail, videotape you like 60 times a day, your creditcard information, and now all your internet traffic. Don't think there is much left. Way to go big goverment supporters. Can't wait to see if the democrats take over. Then we can be watched and fed along with everyone else.

YEAH.

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy" -James Madison

Some of you trust the government way too much. It is a body of people, corruptible fallible people, and yet some of you shrug and think that 'our government won't do that to us!'

Power will always attract the corruptible. We have a Constitution to insure that there are boundaries. Lately, we've been pushing those boundaries to the breaking point.

Guard your privacy and individual liberties, or risk having America devolve into another Rome.

These comments read like a horrible cliche. "He must have something to hide!" "He just hates our government!" "Anyone who doesn't want to help our government must be a terrist! [sic]."

It's somewhat sad to see Americans indulge themselves in such petty fear over an inconsequential group of homicidal maniacs. More people die from drunk driving than terrorism in the US, easily.

What's most humorous is the cowards who wrap themselves in bravery and act like the brave thing to do is give ourselves over to nanny government, when in fact they're the ones crying themselves to sleep over a 1/1000000 chance of terrorism actually ever affecting them.

I guess I'll indulge in a cliche myself - "if we go on like this, the terrorists have already won."

I can not believe the number of people commenting on here who are willing to turn over their lives to the government. We spent countless lives in two World Wars, one Cold War and now three wars in the Middle East to prevent just that. And shame on the LAT for not going forward on the orignal story.