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In reply to the discussion: BUSHCO: “All rules were thrown out the window & they would use any excuse to spy on Americans" [View all]grasswire
(50,130 posts)28. there it is
The selectors are inserted by remote control into the Narus equipment by NSA analysts sitting at their desks at the agencys headquarters at Fort Meade in Maryland or at dozens of locations around the world. What Snowden seemed to be saying in his interview is that as long as certain analysts have an e-mail address, for example, they can simply enter that information into the system and retrieve the content of the e-mails sent from and to that address. There are, by his account, no judicial checks and balances to assure that the targeting of an American has been approved by a FISA court order and not just by NSA employees. These claims by Snowden, and other revelations from the documents he released, should be investigated by either a select committee of Congress, such as the Church Committee, or an independent body, like the 9/11 Commission.
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BUSHCO: “All rules were thrown out the window & they would use any excuse to spy on Americans" [View all]
kpete
Jul 2013
OP
K&R. Here's an example of why the Obama admin turned a blind eye to BushCo's lawbreaking.
MotherPetrie
Jul 2013
#1
Yes, and I think it has a lot of credence. The Oligarch-Cabal that was running the country
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#35
If only the Congress could not discard the parts of the Constitution not to their liking
indepat
Jul 2013
#16
Neither had I. The nonchalance with which big brother is using his muscle to stomp and
indepat
Jul 2013
#22
Truthfully, they cannot! That stated, to amend the constitution must take the congress
mrdmk
Jul 2013
#46
Stupid is blaming Obama for shit that happened years before he got into office.
baldguy
Jul 2013
#38