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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Thu May 7, 2015, 11:07 AM May 2015

Federal appeals court in New York rules that the NSA program to collect phone records is illegal

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court ruled Thursday the National Security Agency’s controversial collection of millions of Americans’ phone records isn’t authorized by the Patriot Act, as the Bush and Obama administrations have long maintained.

The NSA has used the Patriot Act to justify collecting records of nearly every call made in the U.S.


rest is behind wsj paywall.

but info is sufficient to hope the tide is turning..........
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Federal appeals court in New York rules that the NSA program to collect phone records is illegal (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl May 2015 OP
Yes, Sherman A1 May 2015 #1
The Patriot Act is nothing more than a law that was past Lint Head May 2015 #2
^ Wilms May 2015 #3
Thank you again, Edward Snowden. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #4
He played it smart. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #5

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
2. The Patriot Act is nothing more than a law that was past
Thu May 7, 2015, 11:14 AM
May 2015

to invade and destroy Constitutional protections and privacy. It has protected no one and adds zero value. Cheney wanted a "fuck you" law and he got it.

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