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In reply to the discussion: Let's Be Clear, say Legal Experts, What NSA Is Doing Is 'Criminal' [View all]wtmusic
(39,166 posts)109. I guess you were wrong.
All voice content is being collected and stored, as well as metadata.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/
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99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
OP
Of course it isn't. Why else would a constitutional lawyer President classify it so extraordinarily?
Catherina
Jun 2013
#1
The FISA court that issued the warrant that Snowden leaked clearly thinks it is
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#43
I don't like secret courts either. But I can understand them for certain warrants.
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#60
Snowden's arrest warrant and the survelliance program are separate legal issues
Martin Eden
Jun 2013
#85
Even the Rubber Stamp known as FISA has ruled that the NSA has violated the constitution
think
Jun 2013
#101
If anyone is looking for a specific statute (and some appologists have demanded that others
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#7
You've claimed to be an attorney. Could you cite the statutes broken? When you were an attorney,
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#11
But he provided the warrant. The one to Verizon. If he's got other info, he should release it.
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#31
Nonsense. Agent Mike needs a warrant (like the one produced by Mr. Snowden.) The problem is that
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#41
The FISA court is not entitled to authorize interception of ANY domestic calls.
wtmusic
Jun 2013
#42
You are conflating two different things--domestic calls to foreign entities and calls that
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#45
Wikipedia? Ok. And thank you for admitting that you were wrong about FISA interception. nt
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#47
It is not from Harvard Law. It is from the Kennedy School of Government and the Belfer Center and
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#68
Prove that the government intercepts and stores the communications of every American. nt
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#70
None of this is proof. You've made a fantastical claim--that the communications of all Americans
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#73
Apparently I have been paying better attention. You have made the fantastical claim that all
msanthrope
Jun 2013
#87
But Snowden said he "saw things"! He said stuff! How much clearer do you need it to be?
randome
Jun 2013
#88
Ugh, I think that the court is just going to have to resolve this as it looks like a mess.
cstanleytech
Jun 2013
#57
Well, are any of these legal experts on the Supreme Court or is this group some of the same
Thinkingabout
Jun 2013
#10
Problem is though that SCOTUS has not stepped in and said it was criminal.
cstanleytech
Jun 2013
#22
I am well aware that the courts usually take a hands off approach to such cases
cstanleytech
Jun 2013
#94
I agree. With 75 recs and so many posts, it's still not ANYwhere on the home page,
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#64
Things would be better if they were illegal, unfortunately, this is the law that got passed
Recursion
Jun 2013
#75
By the logic of some in this thread, legally, the Nazis were justified in doing what they did.
Democracyinkind
Jun 2013
#76
I think more could be found who say it was illegal, however, is populist media support
HereSince1628
Jun 2013
#82