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sabrina 1

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20. That ruling had zero to do with LISTENING to conversations, READING mail, now email, or any of what

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #10)

Thu May 7, 2015, 12:31 PM

May 2015

THIS ruling is about.

It's a great victory for the Constitution and for the Whistle Blower, Snowden and all the other Whistle Blowers who came forward, Binney, Drake et al, before him to report on the criminal, anti-Constitutional behavior of the NSA STILL under Bush Crony and Loyalist, liar and Corporate CEO of Defense Industry Corp, Clapper!

Or are you going to tell us there was also a SCOTUS ruling making Lying To Congress legal also.?

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NSA phone data collection 'illegal', US court rules [View all] Ichingcarpenter May 2015 OP

Will justice prevail....stay tuned... AuntPatsy May 2015 #1

Time to round up the crooks. Octafish May 2015 #2

The NSA's snooping was leaked by Edward Snowden Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #3

If they did this and it 'illegal'' then it means Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #5

+1! Enthusiast May 2015 #22

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT May 2015 #4

But, revealing illegalities at the NSA is illegal. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2015 #6

Thank you ACLU too!!! Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #9

Obviously this judge hasn't consulted anonymous internet DUers claiming this is leeeeegal! riderinthestorm May 2015 #7

Lol, so true. Not to mention how 'legal' extra-judicial assassinations of US Citizens suddenly sabrina 1 May 2015 #18

In other news... nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #8

Ah, so they dodged the 1979 SCOTUS decision that actually makes it legal. jeff47 May 2015 #10

Yet for many its a great step forward and has Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #11

Except it didn't really make the collection illegal. It changed the means of authorizing it (nt) jeff47 May 2015 #17

Yep...... that's correct Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #19

Very true. One more thing, why didn't the spy program pick up on the Texas shooters??? Emelina May 2015 #15

It's really only useful information after-the-fact. jeff47 May 2015 #16

The NSA defenders here and in RL always bring up that the NSA stops terrorist attacks riderinthestorm May 2015 #24

Notice they are not here but posting Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #27

oh I've definitely noticed riderinthestorm May 2015 #29

It probably does. jeff47 May 2015 #28

That ruling had zero to do with LISTENING to conversations, READING mail, now email, or any of what sabrina 1 May 2015 #20

Hopefully this ruling will help further expose the Ichingcarpenter May 2015 #23

Actually, this ruling has nothing to do with LISTENING to conversations or READING mail. jeff47 May 2015 #30

It's a start..... daleanime May 2015 #12

Our resident DU legal eagles said bulk collection was authorized under the law. pa28 May 2015 #13

Hopefully the courts will stand firm with the US Constitution! Emelina May 2015 #14

The government will give the Stalin response: hifiguy May 2015 #21

Strange...where are all the DU NSA experts? They seem to be avoiding this thread. Rex May 2015 #25

KnR Someday we may get our country back from the NeoCons. nt Hekate May 2015 #26

Kick nt Hissyspit May 2015 #31