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In reply to the discussion: Re: Attacks on Snowden, Greenwald. How the fuck do people like that sleep at night? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)knew the scheme the NSA had concocted to avoid getting warrants when they want to search and seize your personal information?
Please note that the police have to get a warrant to search your safe deposit box.
http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/police-warrant-and-court-order-to-search-safe-depo-447771.html
It is not difficult to get a warrant. You have to have probable cause. It says so in the Constitution. Fourth Amendment.
The NSA is violating the Constitution when it simply scoops up your private information without a warrant. It is as simple as that.
Getting a warrant, I repeat is not that difficult, but it puts a judge between you and someone who might try to obtain your private information for some purpose that could harm or prejudice you.
The Fourth Amendment was put in our Constitution for a reason. It should be respected.
I am very grateful to Greenwald and Snowden for pointing out the violation of our rights by our government. Most of us don't need to protect our information.
But at one time I had on my computer a list of names of people active in a political organization. I was entrusted with the list by the organization. It was a Democratic Party affiliated organization. The government did not have the right to collect my e-mails or information about my e-mails. Think of the potential for harm to our political system when a government, perhaps a Republican administration can sneakily collect the lists of names of activists in the Democratic or some other party. What the NSA is doing is absolutely a violation of the Constitution.