Posted on 03/04/2017 5:39:17 PM PST by nhwingut
President Barack Obama signed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act bill into law yesterday after the U.S. Senate voted for an extension of the President George W. Bush-era spy bill 73-23.
The FISA bill gives the government clearance to tap into American citizens’ communications with people outside of the U.S. without a warrant, so long as it is done in the name of collecting foreign intelligence. Obama has previously stated his approval of the bill, saying that the U.S. needs such measures when dealing with national security. More specifically, it means that government entities such as the National Security Agency are able to watch Americans without probable cause. They need only an order from the secret FISA court, and they don’t have to alert the targeted citizen prior to the wiretapping.
(Excerpt) Read more at venturebeat.com ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZp6dhheriM
Be careful what you get, Laz. What’s in your wallet/bed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU
(on another line of thinking) Children are unbelievably, mind-boggling, AWESOME on so many levels.
Go Laz!
“And there is suggestion from Hillary tweets that she had some information concerning it even before Oct...”
So even if obama and/or his minions can justify the possible wire taps with regard to “national security” - they won’t be able to justify giving that information to a political candidate.
Well - maybe they could.
“Ms. Clinton, as a former Secretary of State, as per EO 666xx666, is cleared for any and all data that may pertain to her previous duties in order to safeguard.....”
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