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If the NSA reform is to be meaningful in any way at all there has to be a very explicit closure of the "Five-Eyes" Loophole. Something like: The NSA or any oth
by suprgeek 13y ago
If the NSA reform is to be meaningful in any way at all there has to be a very explicit closure of the "Five-Eyes" Loophole.
Something like:
The NSA or any other govt. agency cannot target/encourage/hint/suggest that any agency in the five eyes (or how many ever lap dog govts. participate)
target any American Persons without a specific warrant.
If these agencies do target Americans & the NSA comes to know they cannot use this information & must ask the agency involved to destroy it and stop the activity.
Using the Patriot act authorizations which were anti-terrorism motivated to spy on commercial entities is just a complete betrayal of its intent.
The military-industrial complex is truly frightening in its reach and its greed
- judk 13y ago"PATRIOT" Act. It is an acronym. The word "Patriot" is not part of the law.
- sabbatic13 13y agoAnd? He was paraphrasing what he'd like to see, not drafting legislation verbatim.
- Veratyr 13y agoAs someone living outside the United States, I'd like there to be protections for foreigners as well. The U.S. government should not be permitted to spy on or intercept the communications of any person without due cause (or suggest an ally do the same). This is of course different when the U.S. has issued a declaration of war and is openly hostile towards a country or organization (such as Al Qaeda). Really, I'd like this to be a proposal at the UN level, ratified by all civilized countries.
- minimize_me 13y agoWell that's an easy workaround - al-Qaeda is anywhere and everywhere so we have to spy anywhere and everywhere.