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Sure, there was a need for warrant, but those were issued by the FISA courts which were secret and were basically a rubber stamp with the judges saying yes to e

Sure, there was a need for warrant, but those were issued by the FISA courts which were secret and were basically a rubber stamp with the judges saying yes to every request. Might as well not be a warrant as you have no legal defense against it or even a way to know about it. Or which part of Snowden leaks he misunderstood?

shapefrog 4y ago
> feeds all data directly to the NSA > without any kind of warrant. there was a need for warrant Nevertheless, you confirmed one part of a two part statement as being demonstrably false. So in conclusion, companies responded to court orders from courts in the jurisduction they were in. > Might as well not be a warrant as you have no legal defense against it You might need to take a refresher on what a warrant is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_cause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_cause is as good a starter as any, the bar is low, very low. Then check in in the Patriot Act, where the bar was lowered even further.