Plame and Wilson: The NSA's metastasised intelligence-industrial complex is ripe for abuse

[rhett o rick]

47. Did you read the OP?

"Let's be absolutely clear about the news that the NSA collects massive amounts of information on US citizens – from emails, to telephone calls, to videos, under the Prism program and other Fisa court orders: this story has nothing to do with Edward Snowden. "

"We are now dealing with a vast intelligence-industrial complex that is largely unaccountable to its citizens. This alarming, unchecked growth of the intelligence sector and the increasingly heavy reliance on subcontractors to carry out core intelligence tasks – now estimated to account for approximately 60% of the intelligence budget – have intensified since the 9/11 attacks and what was, arguably, our regrettable over-reaction to them. "

This issue is bigger than the blanket FISA warrant that's been published. That warrant is in direct violation of the 4th Amendment. It's supposed to be specific about what is to be seized and needs probably cause.