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> The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit, telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call metadata in t
by cheald 13y ago
> The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit, telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call metadata in the United States is in the “public interest,” does not breach the constitutional rights of Americans and cannot be challenged in a court of law.
Oh, this changes everything. It's in our public interest, so we have nothing to worry about, guys. We can all go back to arguing vim vs emacs now.
- zwegner 13y agoNot only that, but "the requested injunction is irreconcilable with the public interest". Irreconcilable. I expected them to say the "public interest" bit, but... wow.
- cheald 13y agoReading the Administration's statements made my brain start screaming Ayn Rand quotes about "the public interest" at me.
- aspensmonster 13y agoI'm putting my vote in for vim.
- rfnslyr 13y agoFinally, was waiting for another vim vs emacs bout. Bring it on boys.