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Have you been paying attention? At the time that Snowden made his revelations, no approval was necessary for an NSA analyst to activate a webcam, for example. T
by garmaine 7y ago
Have you been paying attention? At the time that Snowden made his revelations, no approval was necessary for an NSA analyst to activate a webcam, for example. They literally just had to select from a menu of totally broad reasons on an internal web form documenting the access. They had a congressionally granted exemption from requiring case-by-case FISA approval. This is now all open and acknowledged, and found to be illegal.
- bb88 7y agoLast I checked, the courts made the final decision on what's legal and what's not. I haven't seen the 9-0 Supreme Court decision that says that warrantless wiretapping is illegal. Maybe you can point it out to me? The point isn't that I disagree with you on what should be legal or illegal, I very much agree with you. The point is, unless something enters a court of law for ajudication, it's very much in the land of the political. And there's a lot of darkness surrounding the FISA court, much of which cannot be challenged. Is it legal? It looks like the courts say it is.
- garmaine 7y agoIt was tested in court and found to be illegal: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-nsa/nsas-phone-spying-program-ruled-illegal-by-appeals-court-idUSKBN0NS1IN20150507 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-nsa/nsas-pho...
- bb88 7y agoSo that case didn't go to the supreme court, as congress made that action specifically illegal. But in other surveillance cases, the supreme court has dismissed the cases.