Governments have been using each other for intel to get around search & seizure laws for awhile. Not something I agree with.
In light of the FL killings today, you should keep in mind the best reason for the 2nd amendment - governments that are always looking for ways to deprive you of your rights and, hence, your liberty.
Governments have killed far more people than criminals have.
“Governments have been using each other for intel to get around search & seizure laws for awhile. Not something I agree with.“
This is basically the purpose of Five Eyes.
“Governments have been using each other for intel...”
Yes they have. In the early, pre-FISA days, it was called ECHELON and it’s been around for years. ECHELON was one of the programs for which FIVE EYES (US, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand) was created.
Now the Intelligence Community has its own domestically-focused electronic surveillance program called STELLAR WIND, which is what the Bureau and others (as we’ll see in the coming weeks and months) accessed via “about queries” and unmasking requests.
This isn’t close to being over and we haven’t gotten to the good parts...