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In reply to the discussion: OK, let's look at the slide that WaPo just posted (classified picture warning) [View all]hootinholler
(26,451 posts)It seems to me this slide confirms the strategy of record everything (slurp) and authorize a looky loo into content after the fact (burp).
So please show me where the probable cause to record content comes into play. The notion of live or memorex did not exist when the Bill of Rights was written. Even if this doesn't rise to a violation of the Bill of Rights, it appears to violate wiretap laws. I contend that recording stuff for possible future use is a huge privacy violation.
There is no longer the notion of water over the dam in surveilance now. Record everything in case you want to look at it in the future. The use of that database is controlled administratively. A less friendly administration would have a field day.
This is not to consider other aspects of the programs, like what happens when a tap is bought by say The Carlyle Group? We are way past the age of governmental only spying.
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