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>following the law There is a strong intuition that what the NSA is illegal, but I've not seen that borne out by reality. Time and time again, bills have passe
by superuser2 10y ago
>following the law
There is a strong intuition that what the NSA is illegal, but I've not seen that borne out by reality. Time and time again, bills have passed with wide bipartisan support to expand and extend surveillance powers, and the Supreme Court is clear that the Constitution does not protect 3rd party records.
If the NSA has actually done anything illegal, I imagine it was only in the brief period between when it thought to do so and when Congress gave its approval.
- avs733 10y agoI don't agree with the ACLU on everything, but they make a pretty solid argument by my lay-eye that the NSA's conduct was explicitly illegal.[1] >Unfortunately, although the law in this matter is crystal clear, many Americans, faced with President Bush's bold assertions of "inherent" authority for these actions, will not know what to believe. [1]https://www.aclu.org/nsa-spying-americans-illegal https://www.aclu.org/nsa-spying-americans-illegal
- gscott 10y agoPeople who do illegal things just call themselves patriots and it makes them feel all better.