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NSA has been illegally spying on US citizens for 20+ years, in direct violation of the constitution. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/nsa-spying-expo
by cronix 5y ago
NSA has been illegally spying on US citizens for 20+ years, in direct violation of the constitution. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/nsa-spying-exposed-by-snowden-was-illegal-and-not-very-useful-court-says/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/nsa-spying-expos...
President Obama signed off on a drone strike on foreign soil targeting and killing a US citizen, in direct violation of the constitution depriving a citizen of a fair trial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki
We didn't collectively do anything about it then, except cheer it on or say nothing, so it will continue and expand until, and if, we do.
- klyrs 5y agoA few months later, Obama codified indefinite detention without trial. Some of us sounded the alarm, but it seems that politicians are still drunk on power post-9/11 and neither party is interested in the "rule of law" as set out by the constitution. https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/detention/indefinite-detention-endless-worldwide-war-and-2012-national https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/detention/inde...