NSA pushed 9/11 to justify surveillance operations.

The National Security Agency advised its officials to cite the 9/11 attacks as justification for its mass surveillance activities, according to a master list of NSA talking points.

  

The document, obtained by Al Jazeera through a Freedom of Information Act request, contains talking points and suggested statements for NSA officials (PDF) responding to the fallout from media revelations that originated with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Invoking the events of 9/11 to justify the controversial NSA programs, which have caused major diplomatic fallout around the world, was the top item on the talking points that agency officials were encouraged to use.

Under the subheading “Sound Bites That Resonate,” the document suggests the statement “I much prefer to be here today explaining these programs, than explaining another 9/11 event that we were not able to prevent.”

NSA head Gen. Keith Alexander used a slightly different version of that statement when he testified before Congress on June 18 in defense of the agency’s surveillance programs.

Asked to comment on the document, NSA media representative Vanee M. Vines pointed Al Jazeera to Alexander’s congressional testimony on Tuesday, and said the agency had no further comment. In keeping with the themes listed in the talking points, the NSA head told legislators that “it is much more important for this country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program that would result in this nation being attacked.”
 

Israel DID 9/11 (Israeli Mossad) Dr. Alan Sabrosky

Connect the Dots..

Nobody has, as far as I know, connected the dots between 9/11, the Iraq war, the Arab Spring, the Occupy movement and it's violent crackdown,  Anonymous hackivists, the Wikileaks documents and the US Governments attempt to extradite Julian Assange, the trial of whistle blower Bradley Manning, the release of the NSA documents by Edward Snowden. Shall I explain?

I believe they are all related. The US Government is terrified that if the truth is exposed about the true nature of their Empire, it will be cause for great concern, and for regime change in the USA. If 9/11 was a controlled demolition, and planned with the Governments knowledge and possible co-operation, than many other questions will arise from that.

The Iraq war was a scam to control the oil of the Middle East and to overthrow Saddam Hussein. The Arab Spring toppled many Middle East tyrants who were puppets of the US, and the replacement of dictators with democratically elected governments were of major concern. Occupy popped up, and the US government really freaked out. They saw the potential to repeat the Arab Spring here in the USA. Anonymous was another threat that they took seriously.. Very seriously.

Then came whistle blower Bradley Manning, the Wikileaks documents and Julian Assange. A very large part of the secrets they had tried to hide from the public were now exposed. Another major freak out.

Nd now we have another whistle blower, Edward Snowden, releasing the NSA documents and the extent the US and UK governments willspy on thier own citizens and everyone else in the world. Another very large revelation. More freaking out.