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Until they ignore it, just like they ignored the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Or, in a secret legal opinion, construe "phone records" to not include
by fiatmoney 13y ago
Until they ignore it, just like they ignored the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Or, in a secret legal opinion, construe "phone records" to not include mere metadata about whom called whom from where for how long.
You can't get around the need to identify the people attempting to circumvent the very explicit restrictions placed upon them and exclude them from the levers of power.
- yuhong 13y agoBest solution IMO would to repeal the FISA Amendments Act.
- pekk 13y agoThey didn't ignore FISA. FISA (as extended after 9/11) is the basis for a lot of the surveillance which is done today.
- fiatmoney 13y ago"this program operated without the judicial oversight mandated by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_surveillance_program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_surveillance_program