“The NSA is the weapon. Congress pulls the trigger.”
That weapon is out of control and no one in Congress dares try to reign it in. Most don’t even have the security clearance to have any affect.
True. That’s why Honorable Judge Richard Leon’s rulings are so important.
Particularly, he doesn’t buy the Smith v Maryland case as meaningful precedent.
Leon to Leon: Judge ruled the program you oversaw as Secretary of Defense “Orwellian”. Put that up in your shrine at the Panetta Institute.