"It isn't, there's no point in doing that, not to mention how illegal that would be. The US govt doesn't need any more scandals of this nature (wiretapping is e

"It isn't, there's no point in doing that, not to mention how illegal that would be. The US govt doesn't need any more scandals of this nature (wiretapping is enough I think)." Wiretapping scandal became public circa late 2005 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_co... Random collection of additional federal political 'scandals' since 2005: 1) This goes from 2001 - 2008 so skip to 2006 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States#2001.E2.80.932008_George_W._Bush_Administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scand... 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States#2009.E2.80.93_Obama_Administration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scand... Additional 'scandals' with solid link to US Government: 1) http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/gps/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/gps/ 2) http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110218/02143213163/more-hbgary-federal-fallout-government-wants-to-buy-software-to-fake-online-grassroots-social-media-campaigns.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110218/02143213163/more-h... 3) http://www.thenation.com/article/161057/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3-day http://www.thenation.com/article/161057/wikileaks-haiti-let-... 4) http://www.ban.org/ban_news/2010/101022_caught_exporting.html http://www.ban.org/ban_news/2010/101022_caught_exporting.htm... 5) http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1026810/us-government-censors-wikipedia http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1026810/us-governme... 6) http://www.elizabethwatson.org/featured/wikileaks-reveals-a-government-caught-up-in-the-mendacity-of-lies/ http://www.elizabethwatson.org/featured/wikileaks-reveals-a-... Just some random examples I pulled in 5 minutes. I don't believe the argument "...not to mention illegal that would be." or "The US govt doesn't need any more scandals..." has any bearing whatsoever on their decision making process at the level of authority needed to authorize something as a false flag operation for various reasons.