Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011

The Washington Post ^ | Ellen Nakashima

[originalbuckeye]

The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according to interviews with government officials and recently declassified material.

In addition, the court extended the length of time that the NSA is allowed to retain intercepted U.S. communications from five years to six years — and more under special circumstances, according to the documents, which include a recently released 2011 opinion by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, then chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

[null and void]

While a muslim might do a single city attack, I would expect anyone rational to only do it as a small part of a larger plan, we’d be so busy trying to respond to scores of attacks from scores of sources that our crippled forces would be so diluted that none of them would fear a devastating response.

[MichaelCorleone]

“The authors of the Patriot Act have said this overwhelming surveillance was not what the Patriot Act intended.”

This is exactly why the Constitution must be adhered to at all times and in all circumstances. Not because a certain administration ‘can be trusted’, but because future administrations, Congresses, and rogue agencies cannot be.

Many of us argued against the Patriot Act (not to mention other misguided reactions to 9/11), but it fell on deaf ears because of the emotion of hte moment, and because it was a Republican doing it.

[American Constitutionalist]

Because they want it to happen ?

In other words.... " don't let a crises go to waste even if it could have been prevented or the public could have been warned and notified about it " .

[American Constitutionalist]

I read somewhere that for right now there are about 5,000 critical transformers that could be replaced that would help in negating the effect of a EMP attack on our national infrastructure.
Yes, personal items like people's sensitive electronics would go to crap but if those 5,000 transformers were replaced with harden ones with ones that could handle a EMP attack our country would not be in such dire straights as it is now.
If only we had listened to Thomas Edison and developed a DC infrastructure and generated our power locally.
A infrastructure that would have towns and cities generate their electricity locally and not over long distance AC power lines that need transformers to step down the voltage.
When you look at your TV ? radio ? smaller electronics ? they actually run off of DC.
The AC power that goes into those devices is converted into DC by a transformer inside your TVs radios and a AC to DC rectifier.
Running things off of DC also would save energy because converting AC to DC you lose efficiency, along with heat. Your more heavy current devices run off of straight AC.

[American Constitutionalist]

In other words as with China concerning Korea attacking the USA with a EMP “ Don’t look a gifted horse in the mouth “ .

[American Constitutionalist]

Just like old King Nebuchadnezzar the God of Israel has them hemmed in and nowhere to go.
Can't escape God's all seeing eye and God's all providential and powerful hand.
When the God of Israel has anyone hemmed in there is nowhere to escape from God.

[American Constitutionalist]

Even King Nebuchadnezzar had to learn who’s boss of this world and this universe.

[American Constitutionalist]

Hmmmmmm Hmmmmmm Hmmmmmm
Old Obama had to learn what King Nebuchadnezzar learned... to be humbled by the God of Israel...

Hmmmmmmmm Hmmmmmmm Hmmmmmmm
King Nebbie had to get a mind of a ox and eat in the field to be humbled to know that the God of Israel is King.

Hmmmmmmm Hmmmmmm Hmmmmmmm Obama is humbled by the God of Israel.


Nebuchadnezzar Obama is humbled by God, humbled by God, humbled by God, Nebuchadnezzar Obama is humbled by God so early in his folly.

[American Constitutionalist]

To the world leaders : MAN MAKES PLANS, GOD SITS ON HIS THRONE AND LAUGHS !

[American Constitutionalist]

Hey NSA ? do not entertain a fool in his folly, because they will lead you into more folly.

[Marine_Uncle]

RE: "In other words as with China concerning Korea attacking the USA with a EMP “ Don’t look a gifted horse in the mouth.

But then, who will support the Chinese economy by purchasing huge volumes of their junk products. :)

[dennisw]

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