From: Jeff Shultz 

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:11:33 -0500, Rich Gauszka wrote:

> http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1413121
>
> But some NSA officials were so concerned about the legality of the program
> that they refused to participate, the Times said. Questions about the
> legality of the program led the administration to temporarily suspend it
> last year and impose new restrictions.
>
>

"some NSA officials" - I'd love to know positions and paygrades.
It's possible that the original instructions were written a bit more
loosely than some were comfortable with - nobody at NSA expects common
sense to be a common virtue, unlike some people. So they tightened things
up...and it appears to have been a great success.

The NSA General Counsel tends to be a very important office in the overall
structure of the place. If they let it fly, 99.9% or higher chance it was
legal. People may still have been uncomfortable (it does tend to go against
a lot of training), but hey, I'm uncomfortable with the speed limits around
here. Doesn't mean that they aren't legal though.

More than that... well, I'm under a lifetime non-disclosure agreement and
unlike some I intend to abide by it.

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