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Remember this article the next time the FBI argues for "more data access". The FBI is already allowed to eat the fruit of the poisonous tree on a daily basis t
by mtgx 8y ago
Remember this article the next time the FBI argues for "more data access".
The FBI is already allowed to eat the fruit of the poisonous tree on a daily basis thanks to its expansive surveillance powers, and the vast majority of judges are clueless about it.
Obama's executive order days before he left office along with the recent renewal (and expansion) of FISA 702 now also allows all 17 enforcement agencies (including DEA, IRS, SEC, etc) to have the same type of access without a warrant.
Who knows how many decades will pass until all of this will be properly challenged at the Supreme Court. It's why I've argued here in the past about US' necessity to create a "Constitutional Court" that wouldn't allow blatantly unconstitutional laws to become laws after Congress and the president pass them in their effort to gain more power and control over the population.
- adonnjohn 8y agoHow does that not just become another check to balance in this bipartisan mess?
- mtgx 8y agoAnd what makes you think that the checks and balances you have now are "the right amount"? Does it feel that way to you right now or in the past few decades?
- adonnjohn 8y agoI really am open to listening if you have any tangible ideas on why more than 3 would fix or help deter bipartisanism overriding checks and balances