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In reply to the discussion: 3 Shocking Revelations from NSA's Most Terrifying Program Yet [View all]reusrename
(1,716 posts)So let's talk out of this side of your mouth for a second. Let's talk about what is legal.
Yes, it is legal to inadvertently capture all digital communications, including content.
Right?
It is legal to analyse all this information and incorporate into a huge database that maps all of our social networks.
Right?
It is legal to peek at communication content with a warrant.
Right?
It is legal for individual analysts to request these warrants if they have been authorized to do so by either the Director of National Security (Clapper) or the Attorney General (Holder).
Right?
The analyst merely fills out a template or request form on the computer in order to gain legal access to the content.
Right?
In real time, the software that the analyst uses automatically ensures that all of the legal requirements established by the secret courts have been complied with. All of these legal hoops are negotiated when he completes the original request form or fills out the template.
Right?
At some later point in time, the software automatically issues the request for a warrant based on the affidavit of the analyst that was filed when he completed the request form or template.
Right?
The secret FISA court automatically issues the warrant, after the fact, since all of the legal hoops must have been completed by the automatic PRISM software.
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Oversight basically consists of audits which are done periodically to assure that this automatic software is working flawlessly.
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