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> "U.S. law and the Constitution protect American citizens and legal residents from warrantless surveillance. That means we have a very strong legal case to cha
by ingler 12y ago
> "U.S. law and the Constitution protect American citizens and legal residents from warrantless surveillance. That means we have a very strong legal case to challenge mass surveillance conducted domestically or that sweeps in Americans’ communications."
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The EFF is living in fantasy land. The NSA has never considered itself bound to law because it's not a creature of statutory law but came into existence by decree.
> "no existing statutes control, limit, or define the signals intelligence activities of the NSA.”
> Roy Banner, counsel for the NSA, 1976 [0]
[0] https://www.fas.org/irp/agency/army/mipb/2012_04-owen.pdf https://www.fas.org/irp/agency/army/mipb/2012_04-owen.pdf
- gnopgnip 12y agoThis quote is out of context. The NSA deals with foreign intelligence. Generally speaking, only US citizens are protected under US law.
- ingler 12y agoLook at the Project SHAMROCK section after the quote at fas.org. US citizens haven't been protected by law for decades vis a vis SIGINT.