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| Re: Data used by NSA did have oversight - the US gov't said by jc100  :1) Data given to the government had NO OVERSIGHT as they were warrantless wiretaps Of course there was oversight by the government - just not the courts(which is only 1 part of the government).
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Stockbridge, GA | Re: Data used by NSA did have oversight - the US gov't Read the constitution before you post next TK, and try and understand why liberals won the election (Hint: Due to republications who pretend to stand for small government and bs everyone) | |
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Valencia, CA | Yup. Left hand of the gov't didn't know what the right hand was doing.
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cornelius785
join:2006-10-26
Worcester, MA
| i sort of agree there was 'oversight', but that's because the bush administration ordered it. they ignored to whole bit on getting a warrant for millions of phone lines and possible internet connections.
i don't mind so much telecoms getting off hook completely. why really pisses me off is that people that ordered are getting no attention and are not being held accountable. | |
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jc100
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| Oversight.. by Whom? The people who gave the blank check to go about the program any way they saw fit. Ya, that's real checks and balances taking place. Maybe you need to read the constitution a bit better where it says there are courts in our system to make sure the government doesn't get too powerful. Judicial system. Ever heard of that before? Probably not. | |
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1 edit | Re: Data used by NSA did have oversight - the US gov't said by jc100 :Maybe you need to read the constitution a bit better where it says there are courts in our system to make sure the government doesn't get too powerful. I think there's also something about guilty until proven innocent?
If you think 18 USC 2511's recognition of Executive power is unconstitutional, or was abused by that branch (or, misapplied by Congress when they referred to it as the basis for so-called "immunity"), the solution is to take your grievance to the court. Not sit around talking about how the current administration "broke the law."
I understand the EFF *finally* did this. Too bad they wasted a year on personal-injury lawsuits. All that did was force Congress to put even *more* congressional intent behind 18 USC 2511(!). A very important element in determining whether the President abused that law.
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