NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants:
National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands
of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to
extend to e-mail and text messages too.
* ANY QUESTIONS?
The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls.
* SO THE BILL OF RIGHTS HAS BEEN REPEALED.... (*SHRUG*)
* FOLKS... THEY *DO* NEED COURT AUTHORIZATION ACCORDING TO OUR CONSTITUTION - JUST NOT ACCORDING TO OBAMA, CONGRESS, AND THE SUPREME COURT APPARENTLY.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed "simply based on an analyst deciding that."
* YA DON'T GET MUCH MORE LEFT-WING THAN JERRY NADLER... (*SHRUG*)... BUT GOOD FOR HIM FOR SPILLING THE BEANS!
If the NSA wants "to listen to the phone," an analyst's decision is sufficient, without any other legal authorization required, Nadler said he learned. "I was rather startled," said Nadler, an attorney and congressman who serves on the House Judiciary committee.
* "RATHER STARTLED." NOT "OUTRAGED."
* "...AN ATTORNEY AND CONGRESSMAN WHO SERVES ON THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE." NICE. FINE JOB! (IF BEING "STARTLED" IS WHAT NOWADAYS REPRESENTS OVERSIGHT AND DEFENSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RULE OF LAW...)
* ANY QUESTIONS?
The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls.
* SO THE BILL OF RIGHTS HAS BEEN REPEALED.... (*SHRUG*)
* FOLKS... THEY *DO* NEED COURT AUTHORIZATION ACCORDING TO OUR CONSTITUTION - JUST NOT ACCORDING TO OBAMA, CONGRESS, AND THE SUPREME COURT APPARENTLY.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed "simply based on an analyst deciding that."
* YA DON'T GET MUCH MORE LEFT-WING THAN JERRY NADLER... (*SHRUG*)... BUT GOOD FOR HIM FOR SPILLING THE BEANS!
If the NSA wants "to listen to the phone," an analyst's decision is sufficient, without any other legal authorization required, Nadler said he learned. "I was rather startled," said Nadler, an attorney and congressman who serves on the House Judiciary committee.
* "RATHER STARTLED." NOT "OUTRAGED."
* "...AN ATTORNEY AND CONGRESSMAN WHO SERVES ON THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE." NICE. FINE JOB! (IF BEING "STARTLED" IS WHAT NOWADAYS REPRESENTS OVERSIGHT AND DEFENSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RULE OF LAW...)
Not only does this disclosure shed more light on how the NSA's formidable eavesdropping apparatus works domestically, it also suggests the Justice Department has secretly interpreted federal surveillance law to permit thousands of low-ranking analysts to eavesdrop on phone calls.
* ILLEGALLY! UNCONSTITUTIONALLY! READ THE FORTH FRACKING AMENDMENT TO THE BILL OF FRACKING RIGHTS...!!!
Because the same legal standards that apply to phone calls also apply to e-mail messages, text messages, and instant messages, Nadler's disclosure indicates the NSA analysts could also access the contents of Internet communications without going before a court and seeking approval.
* AMERIKA 2013 - THE AGE OF OBAMA.
The NSA yesterday declined to comment to CNET. A representative said Nadler was not immediately available. (This is unrelated to last week's disclosure that the NSA is currently collecting records of the metadata of all domestic Verizon calls, but not the actual contents of the conversations.)
(*PURSED LIPS*)
The disclosure appears to confirm some of the allegations made by Edward Snowden, a former NSA infrastructure analyst who leaked classified documents to the Guardian. Snowden said in a video interview that, while not all NSA analysts had this ability, he could from Hawaii "wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president."
(*JUST THROWING MY HANDS UP IN THE AIR*)
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