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In reply to the discussion: Quick! Take something that has happened continuously for 7 years and blame it on Obama on 6/6/13! [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)115. Here:
What You Should Know About The Governments Massive Domestic Surveillance Program
By Igor Volsky
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Warrantless surveillance began shortly after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. The Bush administration began a secret surveillance program in 2001, asking AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth to turn over communications records to the National Security Agency (NSA). The agencys goal was to create a database of every call ever made within the nations borders, the USA Today reported in 2006.
Program fell under court supervision in 2007. Following public uproar, administration placed the program under the surveillance of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In 2008, Congress expanded the Act to allow both foreign and domestic surveillance as long as the intent is to gather foreign intelligence. The measure also provided retroactive immunity to the telecom companies that assisted the Bush administration.
Congress extended the law through 2017. In December of 2012, Congress voted to reauthorize The FISA Amendments Act until 2017. The Act allows federal agencies to eavesdrop on communications and review email with a warrant from the secret FISA court. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), a critic of the program, offered an amendment during floor debate that would have required the NSA disclose an estimate of how often information on Americans was collected and require authorities to obtain a warrant if they wish to search for private information in the NSA databases. In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Wyden, along with Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), wrote, We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted section 215 of the Patriot Act. Wyden and Udall also noted that the administration promised August 2009 to establish a regular process for reviewing, redacting and releasing significant opinions of the court, though not a single redacted opinion has been released.
What the Verizon order says. The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered Verizon which has 121 million customers to turn over metadata on an ongoing daily basis for a three-month period between April 25, 2013 and July 19, 2013. The order does not require the government to turn over the content of the calls, but it must share information about the numbers dialed and received, length of call, and customers name and address or financial information.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/06/06/2111741/what-you-should-know-about-the-governments-massive-domestic-surveillance-program/
By Igor Volsky
<...>
Warrantless surveillance began shortly after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. The Bush administration began a secret surveillance program in 2001, asking AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth to turn over communications records to the National Security Agency (NSA). The agencys goal was to create a database of every call ever made within the nations borders, the USA Today reported in 2006.
Program fell under court supervision in 2007. Following public uproar, administration placed the program under the surveillance of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In 2008, Congress expanded the Act to allow both foreign and domestic surveillance as long as the intent is to gather foreign intelligence. The measure also provided retroactive immunity to the telecom companies that assisted the Bush administration.
Congress extended the law through 2017. In December of 2012, Congress voted to reauthorize The FISA Amendments Act until 2017. The Act allows federal agencies to eavesdrop on communications and review email with a warrant from the secret FISA court. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), a critic of the program, offered an amendment during floor debate that would have required the NSA disclose an estimate of how often information on Americans was collected and require authorities to obtain a warrant if they wish to search for private information in the NSA databases. In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Wyden, along with Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), wrote, We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted section 215 of the Patriot Act. Wyden and Udall also noted that the administration promised August 2009 to establish a regular process for reviewing, redacting and releasing significant opinions of the court, though not a single redacted opinion has been released.
What the Verizon order says. The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered Verizon which has 121 million customers to turn over metadata on an ongoing daily basis for a three-month period between April 25, 2013 and July 19, 2013. The order does not require the government to turn over the content of the calls, but it must share information about the numbers dialed and received, length of call, and customers name and address or financial information.
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http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/06/06/2111741/what-you-should-know-about-the-governments-massive-domestic-surveillance-program/
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Quick! Take something that has happened continuously for 7 years and blame it on Obama on 6/6/13! [View all]
FSogol
Jun 2013
OP
You keep saying things like "illegal" and "warrantless". Can you elaborate, or are you too outraged?
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#128
Oh, really? That's the first hint you've given on this threat that you're not OK with it
Jack Rabbit
Jun 2013
#61
Quick! Take something that has happened continuously for 7 years and exonerate Bush on 6/6/13!
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2013
#11
The only problem I EVER had with the Bush admin (on this) was the surveillance was "warrantless"...
phleshdef
Jun 2013
#31
Best (or worst) one yet. Stumbled on this satire of 'It's all Obama's fault' yesterday:
freshwest
Jun 2013
#37
many of obama's most ardent supporters weren't here during bush's reign of terror..
frylock
Jun 2013
#119
"Going Away"? Who cares? Were any laws broken? Why would he stop something that's legal?
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#54
We know, we know. It wasn't OK when Bush did it but IT'S OK WHEN OBAMA DOES IT.
MotherPetrie
Jun 2013
#81
Breastfeeding and toilet training your child and eating fried chicken made with (banned word)...
freshwest
Jun 2013
#130
Quick! Pretend that no one notices that more than half of that time it was happening under
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#110
I want to know what business it is of the government who and when I call someone?
neverforget
Jun 2013
#138
Frankly I find the invasion of privacy just voted on by the Supremes to be 100x worse ...
brett_jv
Jun 2013
#140