Comments on: NSA To Deny Bugging Diana's Phone

Official Tells CBS News Agency Had Files On Princess Because She Came Up In Others' Conversations

[gaye5]

We will never know the truth, even if they are actually telling it. There have been toooo many lies told by authorities and governments to the people over centuries and because of that the people simply don't trust, and with very good reasons...
Because of this lack of trust, to most of the world Diana will always be considered murdered, regardless of if she was or not.
It is terrible to think that we elect these people to government and we cant trust them, nor can we trust them to tell the truth, even when they might be, but they have done it to themselves...
I would love to hear what the drivers parents have to say about his drinking habits, I have read that he was not a drinker, others say that he was not that irresponsible to drink while in charge of such an important person, let a lone to excess... we will never know and they cannot afford to let us know.

[thgdriver]

perception5

When they found President Bush doing it they all wanted a rope to hang him with.

Turns out slick Billy C was doing the same dam# thing, and now our posts are annoying. Reading this thing about Diana's phones is better then a Christmas bonus!!

[oleander8]

To: perception5

My Go-d, I find posts like yours annoying. What this has to do with being a liberal is beyond me. There are noxious politicians on both sides of the aisle at any given time. Right now there happen to be more in the Bush administration's party. It will switch again like it always does. The only way to slow it down, or make it happen less frequently is with TERM LIMITS. Stop Liberal bashing for the sake of bashing and say something constructive.

[perception5]

So Clinton was illegally tapping Diana's phone while the terrorist planned 9/11.........
What do all you "self-rightous" liberals think of that???? Please advise.......... we need some good excuses........

[thgdriver]

Why is every body so surprised? We know our goverment was taping the phones of the Japanese in 1940/41, thats 66 years ago, with todays technology, of course they listen in to us all from time to time, is it wrong? Sure, but what are you going to do about it?

[thgdriver]

sorry, maybe!

[thgdriver]

pendragon679

"Mother Theresa died the same day. Why isn't her name still in the news"?

Mabey she did not have any phones!

[cathaleen]

This was pre-911 - they had nothing else to do.

[thgdriver]

Best thing that I get out of all this is the fact that this proves your good old boy President Bill C was doing the same thing in his admin. that President Bush is. I knew they have been doing this for years. Bush was unable to say because the information they have learned over the last 50 years is confidential.

[pendragon679]

First of all, why is this even news? It's been nine years; why can't we all just let this woman rest in peace?
Second, why is Princess Di still in the news nine years after her death? Mother Theresa died the same day. Why isn't her name still in the news?

[jtnewcomb]

No wonder 911 happened, they were to busy snooping on a wonderful person like Diana. They should have been snooping on Bin Laden, but they clearly have no professionalism (CIA).

[jtnewcomb]

No wonder 911 happened, they were to busy snooping on a wonderful person like Diana. They should have been snooping on Bin Laden, but they clearly have no professionalism (CIA).

[huskerarmy]

"newster1--the regime in power at the time this all happened was not the current administration."

It's so telling that righties so often have to know who was involved before they can determine the moral implications of the malfeasance itself.

[antoniof123]

I am sorry but I have to say this it is just to funny to pass up. They were practicing getting ready for us. Come on we have been doing this kind of stuff for years. It is now that in information age the ability for anyone to mine the data that it is now within our grasp to find out things for ourselves. Some of you seem suprised, you should not be we Americans have truly led a sheltered life have we not?

[jhindson1]

It figures

The USA even taps phones of US citizens without warrant. - they probably have the Queen's phone tapped too as a possible terrorist...

[grazinggoat]

frightening, really.

[heresmy2cent]

If our government taps the phones of people like Princess Diana, where does that leave the rest of us "regular" citizens?

[wallyhacker]

newster1--the regime in power at the time this all happened was not the current administration. Maybe Bill Clinton was looking for a hot date. Or maybe the secret service was legitimately concerned about people who might have tried to leverage the relationship between Dodi Fayed and the Princess to do harm to the US or UK. Nah, it had to be that he was looking for a date. It was Clinton, after all, who was the president.

aeasus wrote:

"First CIA, now it's Secret Service. How can we tap European phone lines without consent? Can British authorities tap our lines without the approval of our government? Or any country for that matter?"

I recall seeing a documentary a few years ago that covered this very thing - I think it was called "Echelon: The Secret Power".

Basically, the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand are listening in on communications and sharing the information.

Some links:

http://www.geocities.com/capitolhill/senate/8789/sunday1.htm
http://www.dokumentarkino.no/andre/Echelon-TheSecretPower.htm
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/pubs/97BRglw.html

[perception5]

I don't understand how these illegal wiretaps could have occurred during the Clinton administration??
We've always been told by our liberal MSM wolfpack that only Republicans did this......... so this story must be a lie.....or.... maybe it's some "vast right-wing" conspricacy......