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I don't think that from their perspective they are overlooking the constitution. All of their "illegal" programs are duly authorized by executive orders and DO
by saas_co_de 9y ago
I don't think that from their perspective they are overlooking the constitution.
All of their "illegal" programs are duly authorized by executive orders and DOJ legal opinions and signed off on by the intelligence committees.
You or me may view those operations as illegal but they are following orders given by democratically elected officials and signed off on by every level of the judiciary.
Ultimately I don't think it is productive to scapegoat the intelligence community for what is fundamentally a breakdown in the rule of law and democratic process. They are participants in that, but so is every voter, and every politician, not to mention all the corporations that happily do their work for them in exchange for money or favors and then lie about it.
- mozumder 9y agoThis is the correct answer. The NSA doesn't spy on Americans. If you look at the Snowden leaks, it talks of filters limiting access to collected data to foreign nationals and people contacting foreign nationals only, as per laws allowed under the US constitution. Why would a TOP SECRET program have these filters if their operations were illegal? Everything the NSA does is legal. It's now up to the public to accept that fact.