To: Tilted Irish Kilt
The Snowden disclosures made it clear that metadata is a red herring—and that the NSA can drill down to the real data at will.
While technically they are supposed to go through a judge they have been abusing the process for many years.
Media coverage of this topic has been pathetic.
2 posted on
10/20/2016 11:35:36 AM PDT by
cgbg
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To: cgbg
Media coverage of this topic has been pathetic Because they're afraid of being a target of vindictive bureaucrats who exceed their authority with "creative" intepretations of the laws.
3 posted on
10/20/2016 11:37:42 AM PDT by
Regulator
To: cgbg
Media coverage of this topic has been pathetic.
Wars and civil liberties are only issues when a Republican is in office. It has been very quiet from the usual suspects for eight years. The media and our government are a clear and present danger to our Republic.
4 posted on
10/20/2016 11:42:11 AM PDT by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: cgbg
cgbg: " metadata is a red herring—and that the NSA can drill down to the real data at will.. they have been abusing the process for many years.
Media coverage of this topic has been pathetic."
That is why I posted the information here
It is a starting point for understanding discussion.
5 posted on
10/20/2016 11:42:17 AM PDT by
Tilted Irish Kilt
("Everything HRC touches she kind of screws up with hubris.”- Colin Powell)
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