Posted on 09/03/2020 9:38:11 AM PDT by Libloather
A federal court has ruled that the US intelligence’s surveillance program exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden was unlawful, and possibly unconstitutional.
A US federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the controversial National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden was illegal. The ruling stopped short of calling the program unconstitutional.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said that the program, under which the NSA collected and analyzed bulk data provided by telecommunications companies, was in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and could have been unconstitutional.
"Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them," said Snowden, who fled to Russia after exposing the program, on Twitter. "And yet that day has arrived."
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As Nancy would say.....I’m the victim. I was set up
Don’t kid yourself that this is just an “Obama problem”. This mass surveillance was in full swing under Bush II before Obama showed up to pick up the reins.
Don’t kid yourself that this is just an “Obama problem”. This mass surveillance was in full swing under Bush II before Obama showed up to pick up the reins.
Yep - the intel world has been beyond elected politicians for some time.
I’m from the government, I’m here to help...
https://nsa.gov1.info/data/index.html
BIG GOV ALERT!
Hey the “Chinese Gladiators” are way ahead of us according to Kai-Fu Lee. He says so in his video, arrogantly.
https://www.edge.org/memberbio/kai_fu_lee
Check him out. Sum Ting Wong wid smelly-faced guy.
I wonder if Snowden could get ‘whistle blower’ protection, retroactively...
Agreed. This kind of surveillance State behavior is endemic in government, and certainly occurring for a very long time.
Presidents come and go, but entrenched Federal bureaucracies never change and they certainly don’t answer to new presidents
Yes. Poindexter and Wolverine.
Let no one forget that the telecoms and internet service providers were behind it as well.
Snowden didn’t expose it. It was known long ago by many people.
DC spying on every single electronic web datum. If that isn’t completely against USConstitution, what is?
Do USAians defend USConstitution, or shall we perish?
Perishing...
DC, Deep Criminal organized traitors.
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