Steven W. Nolan
August 23rd 07, 02:51 AM
to select those which may be of specific foreign
* intelligence interest", the report said.
*
* The court ruled Fourth Amendment rights were not violated.
*
* The Senate investigation in 1975 uncovered evidence the overseas
* communications of a number of individuals engaged in organizing
* political protests against the war in Vietnam were subjected to
* surveillance by the NSA equipment.
Mini-recap:
o The NSA can listen in on all American citizens' border-crossing
communications of any sort without a warrant or any other court
procedure, and effectively distribute that information to any and
all local law-enforcement agencies. And foreign governments.
Loss of Fourth Amendment rights.
Not even discussed with the American public.
Not even debated by our elected representatives.
o Domestic law enforcement agencies can request, receive, and widely
disseminate this information without any laws interfering. A major
blurring of the lines between Military and civilian control.
o Requests for political reasons are acceptable. (last paragraph)
o The NSA uses a huge number of computers to listen for "key words"
on "watch lists" for ALL border crossing traffic, including voice
conversations. That means in 1975 they could convert voice to text,
then do keyword searches against it. It's 1997 now.
Just how did United States cit
* intelligence interest", the report said.
*
* The court ruled Fourth Amendment rights were not violated.
*
* The Senate investigation in 1975 uncovered evidence the overseas
* communications of a number of individuals engaged in organizing
* political protests against the war in Vietnam were subjected to
* surveillance by the NSA equipment.
Mini-recap:
o The NSA can listen in on all American citizens' border-crossing
communications of any sort without a warrant or any other court
procedure, and effectively distribute that information to any and
all local law-enforcement agencies. And foreign governments.
Loss of Fourth Amendment rights.
Not even discussed with the American public.
Not even debated by our elected representatives.
o Domestic law enforcement agencies can request, receive, and widely
disseminate this information without any laws interfering. A major
blurring of the lines between Military and civilian control.
o Requests for political reasons are acceptable. (last paragraph)
o The NSA uses a huge number of computers to listen for "key words"
on "watch lists" for ALL border crossing traffic, including voice
conversations. That means in 1975 they could convert voice to text,
then do keyword searches against it. It's 1997 now.
Just how did United States cit