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With the greatest of respect, that's like saying Roe vs Wade was a niche gynaecology case or Miranda rights are just a question of procedural formalities. I am
by LatteLazy 4y ago
With the greatest of respect, that's like saying Roe vs Wade was a niche gynaecology case or Miranda rights are just a question of procedural formalities. I am all for getting out of my tech bubble, but mass surveillance is way way beyond just the tech sector.
The existence of warrantless wiretapping brings into question whether the courts even have the right to overrule government actions (a power SCOTUS gave itself back in the early days of the republic). They also circumvent key parts of 100 year old criminal law like the exclusionary rule. And that's just the legalise parts. Not to mention freedom, privacy, democracy etc.
- nceqs3 4y ago>The existence of warrantless wiretapping If only FISA required warrants, ohh wait!
- LatteLazy 4y agoWhich would be great if FISA courts approval rate for warrants didn't make Soviet tribunals look soft. Or if FISA actually granted warrants for mass surveillance. Which they legally can't. And when the government did it anyway and lied to the court about it and it was reveiled at least one judge resigned in protest, but government kept doing it anyway. I mean seriously, FISA is a shitty system and even that wasn't shitty enough for what the US wants to do to its own people. If you want FISA, then you actually agree that we need to shut down 99% of the NSA and bring the executive branch to heel...
- raxxorraxor 4y agoThis lacking rhetorical remark is just stupid.