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Posted on 06/11/2013 12:01:01 PM PDT by mandaladon
A couple in Philadelphia has filed a class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency and Verizon, claiming they and their phone records were targeted for surveillance because of their outspoken criticism of Barack Obama and the U.S. military. This is believed to be the first official lawsuit filed against the government and the company, since it was revealed that Verizon had been ordered to turn over phone metadata for all of its customers. The couple who filed the class-action suit are not just any disgruntled Verizon customers, however. They are Charles and Mary Ann Strange, the parents of a Navy SEAL who was killed along with 37 others, when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan in 2011. Several of the families of those lost in the attack have questioned the Defense Department's official story of the incident — one of the deadliest single events of the entire war for American troops — and they specifically blame President Obama's polices for leading to those deaths. Among their many complaints: that Afghan forces working with the Americans may have set them up; that because many of those killed that day were members of the same unit that killed Osama bin Laden, publicizing their role in the earlier mission made them targets for retaliation; and that rules of engagement prevented the helicopter and the men on it from fighting back. They also claim that a Muslim cleric was invited to speak at the funeral, who then insulted the dead servicemen in Arabic, although there's little evidence to support that charge.
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“Little evidence to support the charge”? They had four independent translators translate it without knowing the context of the curse.
“They also claim that a Muslim cleric was invited to speak at the funeral, who then insulted the dead servicemen in Arabic, although there’s little evidence to support that charge”
Other then a recording of the event.
They’re gonna get shot down in short order.
I had read somewhere that under the super secret law and star chamber that mere citizens would be deemed to have no standing.
That’s the crux of it - No Standing.
Americans have no standing to hold their government accountable. So we’ve been assured over and over again.
>> “Little evidence to support the charge”? They had four independent translators translate it without knowing the context of the curse.
Do you have a good source for a translation?
I guess you could call the recording of the event "little." In which case, there is little evidence, which conclusively proves the charge, and leaves no doubt it happened just as reported.
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Please everyone check six...constantly, just like Snowden will have to check six, and be prepared to defend for the rest of his life.
There's a bad moon arising.
5.56mm
Good. Godspeed on their suit.
Risen. And gonna get much worse. Bitterly clinging. Huge.
I hope Verizon goes broke.
They are a horrible outfit.
GO STRANGES GO!!! Sue them!!!
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I thought I heard it said that the companies like Verizon, Facebook, Google, AOL, etc. were protected when providing info under the Patriot Act.
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