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Tue Jul 2, 2013, 11:36 AM Jul 2013

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly allowed NSA to collect all our Data warned that if the public found about it, [View all]

challenged it in a court, it could be considered unconstitutional.



"Perhaps this judge has been portrayed unfairly, as collaborating with the government. But more important, it seems to put a face-- THE face-- on the American who decided it was okay to spy on every other American.

Regardless of her raising of concerns, she went ahead and, with her unique power, as head of the secretive FISA Court, made an even more secret decision to approve the worse spying in the history of America. In spite of evidence of abuses, that the 2006 WaPo article reported, she went ahead and approved further, more egregious and aggressive spying. It looks like she never said no, when asked.

She should be called before congress and questioned. And she should be more worried about what she DID than what is said about her so far. There is no question that she did approve the horrific level of spying we now know the NSA engages in.

The question is, how did any protector of the citizens-- the duty of every elected and appointed government official, ever allow a single person to make such an important decision-- and who decided to keep it secret? Because they violated their oath and should be punished to the full extent of the law."

http://www.opednews.com/articles/FISA-Judge-Who-Approved-Ma-by-Rob-Kall-130630-473.html


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