NSA document extracts: telephone transcripts.First Extract (Patriot Act Patriot Act: see USA PATRIOT Act. roving wiretap A roving wiretap is a wiretap specific to the United States that follows the surveillance target. For instance, if a target attempts to trying to defeat surveillance by throwing away a phone and picking up a new phone or by moving or whatever method he would use, another authorized) static UNIDENTIFIED MALE VOICE: "Hello?" UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE VOICE: "Joe? This is Judith Miller Judith Miller may refer to:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times." UNIDENTIFIED MALE VOICE: "Hey! Judith! How are you? Why so formal?" JUDITH MILLER: "Sorry, Joe, but I'm working on a story about the Niger trip and the yellowcake yel·low·cake n. The concentrated oxide of uranium formed in the milling of uranium ore. Noun 1. yellowcake - an impure mixture of uranium oxides obtained during the processing of uranium ore U308 thing." JOSEPH WILSON Joseph Wilson or Joe Wilson may refer to: People
JUDITH MILLER: "Uh huh. And we're just following up here, trying to get something for the front page, and ..." JOSEPH WILSON: "Does the double-breasted make me look fat?" JUDITH MILLER: "Excuse me?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Sorry, Jude, I'm doing 'Hardball' tonight and you caught me getting a new suit. I'm talking I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, noted for launching vocalist Kate Ceberano. History After the break-up of the Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge (guitar), Ian Cox (saxophone) and Barbara Hogarth to the guy here." UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "No, no, Meester Vilson. De jacket, she convey authority an a kind ov secksul energy." JOSEPH WILSON: "Fantastic! But I'll need a new shirt for Stephanopoulos." UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "Come here to de shirtings area." JUDITH MILLER: "Joe?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Sorry, Jude. I'm listening. What do you need? Not that kind of collar, it makes my face look all poochy. That one. Oh, nice. Does this come in other colors? I think I'm doing Russert on Sunday. Jude, you there?" JUDITH MILLER: "Joe, should I call you back?" JOSEPH WILSON: "No, no, this is a great time. I'm getting a facial later and I can't talk with the goop on my face. Did I look too red last night on Koppel? I thought I looked red." UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "No, no, Meester Vilson. You look like some kine ov got, some kine of deety." JOSEPH WILSON: "Great! Can we look at ties?" JUDITH MILLER: "Joe, I'm sort of on deadline. Can I just get a couple of questions in?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Go, go. Yeah. I'm here." JUDITH MILLER: "Well, I'm getting a lot of weird signals from some sources I have at Central Intelligence that your report from Niger may not have been so unequivocal ..." JOSEPH WILSON: "Solids. The little pattern things look too Hermes-y." UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "But de contrass will light up your beautiful face." JOSEPH WILSON: "True." JUDITH MILLER: "Joe?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Yeah, I heard. The CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). push back? Right. Too pink, I told you I look too red as it is. Right. Can we take the jacket in a little on the chest? I want to look like I'm bursting out of it." UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "Like as eef you are de supermans?" JUDITH MILLER: "Joe, c'mon! I need to file." JOSEPH WILSON: "What do you want me to say, Judith? Too tight. Push back from the agency is just CYA CYA Cover your ass. See Defensive medicine. , okay? That's how the game is played. I went over there, looked around, brought back some amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. basketwork bas·ket·work n. See basketry. basketwork Noun same as wickerwork basketwork n → cestería , by the way, and wrote my report. The agency has egg on its face and it wants to blame me. You want a quote? I'll give you a quote! My own freakin' wife is a CIA operative, okay? She told me it was going to be a no-win situation Noun 1. no-win situation - a situation in which a favorable outcome is impossible; you are bound to lose whatever you do situation - a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human and she's the one who got me the gig in the first place! Oh, nice. Nice. I need it all by this afternoon, okay?" UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "Bud ov corz, Meester Vilson." JOSEPH WILSON: "Um, Jude, that last part was on background, okay? Like, seriously background. Okay?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Judith?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Judith, you there?" JOSEPH WILSON: "Judith?" UNIDENTIFIED FOREIGN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "I need to swipe your card." End Extract Second Extract (Presidential Archives Act authorized) UNIDENTIFIED MALE VOICE: "Thanks for talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to me, Karl." UNIDENTIFIED MALE VOICE: "Happy to, Matt. Happy to. You're one of the few guys writing about politics who really gets what I'm trying to do." MATT COOPER Matt Cooper may refer to:
KARL ROVE  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. : "Yeah, okay. He's on Wolf Blitzer Wolf Blitzer (born March 22, 1948 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and author. He has been a CNN reporter since 1990. Blitzer is currently the host of the newscast The Situation Room and the Sunday talk show Late Edition. right
now."
MATT COOPER: "Well, I'm wondering how the White House is responding to his charges that ..." KARL ROVE: "Switch ... meeting ... to ... Tuesday ... okay ... and ... send." MATT COOPER: "Karl?" KARL ROVE: "Sorry, Matt. On the BlackBerry for a sec. What was the question?" MATT COOPER: "Is the Joseph Wilson fallout damaging the credibility of the White House?" KARL ROVE: "Wilson? He's on Wolf Blitzer right now. Turn it up, okay?" UNIDENTIFIED INTERN-SOUNDING MALE VOICE: "Yes sir." MATT COOPER: "Karl?" KARL ROVE: "Wilson ... on ... Blitzer ... monitor ... and ... send." MATT COOPER: "Should we talk some other time, Karl?" KARL ROVE: "No, no. I'm just on the BlackBerry. And I've got Blitzer on the TV here." MATT COOPER: "Well, what's your response to ..." (Dinging noise) KARL ROVE: "Just got an IM. Can't ... respond ... got.... Matt ... Cooper ... on ... the ... phone ... send." MATT COOPER: "Karl? Maybe I should just call you back." KARL ROVE: "No, no. Sorry. These damn things. I got the BlackBerry going and the computer dinging and the TV on and I know, it's terrible. Hey, my wife hates it too, if that makes you feel better." MATT COOPER: "Well, is there any way ..." (dinging noise) KARL ROVE: "Turn it up! I just got an IM saying that Wilson just said Cheney picked him for the job! That damn guy just won't stop lying! That ... damn guy ... just ... won't ... stop ... lying ... and ... send." MATT COOPER: "Cheney didn't?" KARL ROVE: "No, his wife is some damn thing at Central Intelligence. She put his name in. On ... phone ... with ... Matt ... Cooper ... okay ... to ... tell ... him ... about ... Wilson ... wife ... question mark ... and ... send." MATT COOPER: "Wait. You're saying that Wilson's wife works at the CIA?" (dinging noise) KARL ROVE: "Whoops. That last thing was on, like, secret background, okay? (dinging noise) KARL ROVE: "Make that double secret background. Sorry ... wasn't ... thinking ... my ... bad ... Cooper's ... cool ... no ... worries ... and ... send." KARL ROVE: "Okay, Matt?" KARL ROVE: "Matt?" KARL ROVE: "Matt, you there?" |
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