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So I guess it's a big deal now that the NSA spies on American citizens? Yesterday a court order granting the NSA access to all call meta-data (number, duration, location, etc) from Verizon's business customers was leaked to The Guardian. According to Diane Feinstein, chair of the Intelligence committee, this has been going on for 7 years and is totally legal guys, don't worry about it:
Just today, slides pertaining to a program called PRISM, which involved collaboration between the NSA and major internet companies were leaked. The companies involved all swear up and down that they have nothing to do with it, but I mean, that's kinda what they'd have to say, isn't it?
For those in the know, this isn't exactly new news, what with the taps they installed at AT&T backbone switching centers so they could take copies of literally every email sent within America back in 2003 and store it in their yottabyte scale datacenter out in Utah. While this may have been illegal at the time, for their servitude AT&T was granted a papal indulgence retroactive immunity by the FISA amendment bill in 2008. "Doesn't retroactive immunity undermine the rule of law?", you might wonder... if you're a thoughtcriminal.
Let's all discuss living in a dystopian surveillance state where privacy is reserved for the government!
Addendum: lol
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https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9260
So I guess it's a big deal now that the NSA spies on American citizens? Yesterday a court order granting the NSA access to all call meta-data (number, duration, location, etc) from Verizon's business customers was leaked to The Guardian. According to Diane Feinstein, chair of the Intelligence committee, this has been going on for 7 years and is totally legal guys, don't worry about it:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein wrote:I just had an opportunity to review the Guardian article and I’d like to make the following points.
As far as I know, this is the exact three month renewal of what has been the case for the past seven years. This renewal is carried out by the FISA Court under the business records section of the Patriot Act. Therefore, it is lawful.
Just today, slides pertaining to a program called PRISM, which involved collaboration between the NSA and major internet companies were leaked. The companies involved all swear up and down that they have nothing to do with it, but I mean, that's kinda what they'd have to say, isn't it?
For those in the know, this isn't exactly new news, what with the taps they installed at AT&T backbone switching centers so they could take copies of literally every email sent within America back in 2003 and store it in their yottabyte scale datacenter out in Utah. While this may have been illegal at the time, for their servitude AT&T was granted a papal indulgence retroactive immunity by the FISA amendment bill in 2008. "Doesn't retroactive immunity undermine the rule of law?", you might wonder... if you're a thoughtcriminal.
Let's all discuss living in a dystopian surveillance state where privacy is reserved for the government!
Addendum: lol
