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So what does the US law say about spying on your own citizens? Wasn't the NSA acting within its powers too?
by josu 11y ago
So what does the US law say about spying on your own citizens? Wasn't the NSA acting within its powers too?
- dragonwriter 11y ago> So what does the US law say about spying on your own citizens? Given the hierarchy of law (e.g., the preeminence of the Constitution over other laws) and matters of interpretation, that's somewhat in dispute (see, for interpretation issues, e.g., the 2nd Circuit ruling finding that the mass metadata collection program was, contrary to the government's claims, authorized by Section 215.) > Wasn't the NSA acting within its powers too? Again, that matter is, at best, considerably in dispute.
- josu 11y agoThanks. Then I really don't see the distinction that tzs is making between legal and illegal spying. It seems like nothing has changed yet, so when he refers to "illegal spying" what is he talking about.