Posted on 02/26/2018 5:45:21 PM PST by bitt
WASHINGTON – It’s a mysterious court that hides behind a hulking vaulted door and impenetrable concrete walls – and it’s where the federal government makes some of its most secretive decisions concerning Americans’ basic liberties.
If you dare ask where the secret court is located, employees at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. – where the court reportedly relocated in 2009 – won’t tell you.
That’s because the super-secret court is far beyond the reach of any journalist or curious American citizen.
biometric-hand-scannerFortified with biometric hand scanners, wooden and metal doors and walls reinforced by concrete, it’s the room where it all happens: Eleven powerful court judges approve wiretaps, data collection and government requests to monitor suspected terrorists, spies and even American citizens. And they’re given sweeping power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
In 2013, Eric Mill – a blogger and alum of the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for government transparency – documented his efforts to learn more about the nation’s most secure and secretive courtroom.
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I had never heard that before, that a Star Chamber was an actual thing from back then.
Don’t you find it surprising that they have the vault and the security measures? What are they for?
As far as I can tell this is an entirely lawless “court”. All the security measures are not, IMO protecting any sort of national security interest or citizens; it’s protecting the court, the lawyers, the FBI, or whoever goes there.
Maybe the super-secret spy court is worried about a trial, conviction and being sentenced to be one-time rope testers.
Henry VIII used the Star Chamber like Obama used the FISA court.
One of my very favorite shows.
Mine too! :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhWxiFd1Lek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ZrrRQSEjU
THE MEMOS compared.
It must be forbidden by law to turn the intelligence surveillance system against the people, their political system, or criminal crimes. The intelligence system must be reserved to collect ONLY foreign intelligence.
If they cannot limit the intelligence systems to collecting only foreign intelligence, SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN on the basis of the fourth amendment in the bill of Rights.
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