http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-data-court-order
Top of page 2, fourth line, item (ii)—this is what is illegal, harvesting all DOMESTIC telephony records without cause.
The judge should never have signed off on this order.
While this warrant is for 4/25/13 to 7/19/13, similar warrants have been renewed every three months since 2007.
FISA warrants were to cover communications that either originated overseas and terminated in the USA, or vice versa, but not for entirely domestic communications.
I’m glad Snowden blew the whistle.
If the IRS could hammer Obama’s political opponents over their political views, why would anyone expect that this type of surveillance would NOT be used in the same way.
Operation “Main Core” anyone?
If the IRS could hammer Obama’s political opponents over their political views, why would anyone expect that this type of surveillance would NOT be used in the same way.
Bingo!!
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Courts have consistently denied metadata legal protection.
I agree with them: it’s basically “public information” like the address on a letter.
“Telephony metadata does not include the substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer.”
I would prefer the info was kept by the providers.
In fact I was under the impression providers were required to keep it for a period.
And if Snowden is a scumbag loser, well that just means he’s like 90% of ‘whistleblowers’: screwups at the end of their ropes.