Not a big issue, if you have them handy and it doesn’t require a lot of effort on your part, no prob. Otherwise I will do some digging on my own and ping you back if I find items that look like they match to see if they ring any bells.
Your vanity post was the first thing I thought of when I heard the guy making such a broad brush adamant statement that Snowden was somehow a traitor for unveiling something a lot of us knew was going on well before (ala carnivore et al.).
It’s not a real problem but, I’m in the middle of closing out my month, getting orders straight and occasionally entertaining myself on FR.
Here are links to FISA and their reasonable cause arguments
https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/faq
Excellent resource. Note the number of different technologies, databases used, etc.
This is how I know Snowden is full of Chit and cannot just type in a few commands to get access to this.
Symopsis of 1934 Communications Act:
http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Communications_Act_of_1934
The act itself:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41733.pdf
Article revealing what the 1934 Communications act made possible:
http://epic.org/privacy/wiretap/98-326.pdf
Pay attention to Olmstead.
NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5061834
Good graphic
http://www.whocalledmyphone.net/wire-tapping/
Here is one document I relied on for my research:
http://en.convdocs.org/download/docs-57665/57665.doc
You will need to enter a captcha to download but, it is very, very good and there are excellent footnotes there.
NPR
just perused the rest of my erstwhile article and much of it I adlibbed.
If you have a specific question let me know.
My article was nearly three times longer and I had to pare it down to what was at least relevant and could quickly make sense.
I’m looking for a few more links.
NSA Killed System That Sifted Phone Data Legally
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0518-07.htm
The Whistle Blower Who Expossed Warrantless Wiretaps
http://web.archive.org/web/20081215105850/http://www.newsweek.com/id/174601
EFF articles on listening to your private communications
https://www.eff.org/search/site/listen
EFF on Backdoor surveillance
https://www.eff.org/search/site/listen?f[0]=field_issue%3A540
The Government Wants A Backdoor Into Your Online Communications
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/caleatwo
Local Cops Following Big Brother’s Lead, Getting Cell Phone Location Data Without a Warrant
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/04/local-cops-following-big-brothers-lead-getting-cell-phone-location-data-without
Another Court Says “National Security” Isn’t Blank Check for Illegal Spying
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2006/10/another-court-says-national-security-isnt-blank-check-illegal-spying
A Government-Mandated Backdoor for Every Network
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2004/10/government-mandated-backdoor-every-network
Taking the “Long View” on the Fourth Amendment
Stored Records and the Sanctity of the Home
http://stlr.stanford.edu/2008/02/taking-the-long-view-on-the-fourth-amendment/
Excellent, Excellent discussion about privacy rights as relates to an intangible such as electronic communications.
There is a synopsis at the link and at the bottom the full article:
http://stlr.stanford.edu/2008/01/the-olmsteadian-seizure-clause/
Some more stuff I posted that is related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3032709/posts?page=9#9
Does Big Data Make it legal?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-shannon-little/does-big-data-make-it-legal_b_3431381.html
Boundless Informant: The NSA’s Secret Tool To Track Global Surveillance Data
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/08/boundless-informant-the-n_n_3409841.html
Boundless Informant
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/boundless-informant
Awesome sight with more information than you can shake a stick at
Boundless Informant-Augmented State Surveillance
http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2013/06/14/boundless-informant-augmented-state-surveillance/
Washington Post
Stellar Wind/U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-surveillance-architecture-includes-collection-of-revealing-internet-phone-metadata/2013/06/15/e9bf004a-d511-11e2-b05f-3ea3f0e7bb5a_print.html
Talk Left’s discussion of Prism and Stellar Wind
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2013/6/7/42840/79770/civilliberties/PRISM-and-Stellar-Wind-Programs
Green Star and early ATT project and very clever. Also, they were lucky to get away with it and they say so at the end of the article
http://cryptome.org/2013/01/att-greenstar-spy.htm
CNET
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3031810/posts
Surveillance Monitor
http://w2.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/surveillancemonitor.html
A ton of links here:
http://cryptome.org/0001/ms-spy-takedown.htm
JOINT REPLY COMMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
http://askcalea.fbi.gov/pet/docs/20040427_jper_reply.pdf
FBI Target Netphoning-CNET
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1028-5056424.html
The War on Terrorism: FBI Wants Expanded Wiretapping Authority -
http://technology.findlaw.com/modern-law-practice/the-war-on-terrorism-fbi-wants-expanded-wiretapping-authority.html#_edn23
Circuit Switching vs Packet Switching
http://voip.about.com/od/voipbasics/a/switchingtypes.htm
SISMI-Telecom scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SISMI-Telecom_scandal
Forced-access regulation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced-access_regulation
There’s a bunch more but, I have to get back to work.
Feel free to ping me if you need anything else.
I got more stuff in my head that just comes up when a cue calls it.