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Fawke Em

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3. Is this section what you wanted:
Mon Dec 16, 2013, 10:48 PM
Dec 2013
Cole noted the reform legislation wouldn’t necessarily inhibit the NSA’s surveillance capabilities because “it’s going to depend on how the court interprets any number of the provisions that are in [the legislation].” Comments like this betray a serious problem inside the Executive Branch. The Administration and the intelligence community believe they can do whatever they want, regardless of the laws Congress passes, so long they can convince one of the judges appointed to the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to agree. This isn’t the rule of law. This is a coup d’etat.

Leahy’s proposed legislation would amend section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act to require the government to show the records it seeks are not only relevant but also material to an authorized investigation and that the target has some connection to terrorism or espionage before it can obtain those records. This latter requirement, the USA FREEDOM Act sponsors say, will “end bulk collection”.



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