CMoore.com

Perhaps the territorial pissing contests of the intel agencies truly is part of a bygone era. We have entered a new peaceful era of free information sharing among the many intelligence gathering arms of our government. Aren’t you proud?

Information captured by the National Security Agency’s secret eavesdropping on communications between the United States and overseas has been passed on to other government agencies, which cross-check the information with tips and information collected in other databases, current and former administration officials said.

The NSA has turned such information over to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and to other government entities, said three current and former senior administration officials, although it could not be determined which agencies received what types of information. Information from intercepts — which typically includes records of telephone or e-mail communications — would be made available by request to agencies that are allowed to have it, including the FBI, DIA, CIA and Department of Homeland Security, one former official said.

Suuure, any evidence collected against bad guys that stemmed from this illegal wiretapping is inadmissable in court and thus, the illegal wiretaps are making our country less secure against terrorists than had duhbya obeyed the law… but I’m not worried at all by the NSA sharing these illegal wiretaps with entities such as the Pentagon, which was keeping a database of anti-Iraq war activities. Or groups like the FBI that was infiltrating peaceful activist groups like Food Not Bombs. Certainly, domestic intelligence agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, would never be improperly used for partisan political gain, such as tracking Democrats who left the state of Texas and went into Oklahoma to avoid quorum over DeLay’s illegal redistricting plan.

What, me worry? You’re a terrrrrist lovin naysayer if you’re worried. You America hater, you.