Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
11. And two other things - one is that
Sun Feb 2, 2014, 05:28 PM
Feb 2014

The NSA is not legal. Period.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024388396
And it’s not illegal just because it violates the Constitution – although it does (the Fourth Amendment, specifically). The illegality of the NSA’s telephone metadata program is much clearer and even more disturbing than that. The program is illegal because no law authorizes bulk collection of phone record data. To the contrary, several laws forbid it. Understanding that the program is illegal doesn’t require fancy lawyer arguments about the frustratingly terse and vague provisions of the U.S. Constitution. It requires only that you read section 215 of the Patriot Act, which is the statute identified by the NSA as providing congressional authorization for its programs. We read it. It is surprisingly clear. And it does not authorize the NSA to do what it’s doing.

####
And two is that the money that is being handed over, right now, by Criminal Conspiracists like Di Feinstein, so they can enrich enriching themselves by leaking "secret classified information" to family members so contracts can go out and secure the Blum Feinstein household a gazillion dollars for the Surveillance Contracts that NSA provides.

Meanwhile that surveillance money should be going into infra-structure, and into police agencies that supervise the Big Polluters, like the people at "Freedom Energy" responsible for polluting the West Virgina river and drinking water for 2300,000 people.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»Progressive Media Resources Group»Edward Snowden in Intervi...»Reply #11