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FISA court says NSA justified and blames tech companies
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday offered its most extensive public explanation for why it has allowed the government to keep records of all Americans’ phone calls, releasing a previously classified opinion in which it said the program was constitutional and did not violate Americans’ privacy rights. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/us/opinion-by-secret-court-calls-collection-of-phone-data-legal.html?hp In a 29-page opinion that quoted […]
Privacy group goes to Supreme Court to stop NSA
A privacy rights group, Electronic Privacy Information Center, plans to file an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Monday asking it to stop the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program that collects the telephone records of millions of Americans. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/us/privacy-group-to-ask-supreme-court-to-stop-nsas-phone-spying-program.html?ref=us The group is taking its case to the Supreme Court because it could not […]
Supreme Court upholds eavesdropping on US citizens
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a challenge to a federal law that broadened the government’s power to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails. Due to decision the Supreme Court will never rule on the constitutionality of that 2008 law. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/us/politics/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-fisa-surveillance-law.html?ref=us The coffin is slamming shut on the ability of private citizens and […]
Dirty Babylon 