DNI Admits FISA Surveillance Violated the 4th Amendment 132
colinneagle writes, quoting Ms. Smith: "It's official; the government's spying efforts exceeded the legal limits at least once (PDF), meaning it is also officially 'unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.' The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) sent a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden giving permission to admit that much. This started with Sen. Wyden requesting that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) declassify some statements regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act enacted by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Although this FISA power is supposed to sunset in December 2012, in May a new Senate bill extended the warrantless wiretapping program for five more years. That vote was regarded as the first step 'toward what the Obama administration hopes will be a speedy renewal of an expanded authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to monitor the U.S. e-mails and phone calls of overseas targets in an effort to prevent international terrorist attacks on the country.'"
Re:Write you Senators and Congress people (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Too late (Score:2, Informative)
And when you step back and ask, "Who ARE they afraid of?", I just think about where the politicians' money is coming from.
And I keep coming up with one answer: very wealthy business men hiding behind their corporations and Super PACs.
If what your wrote is true, the events listed below should be impossible. Since the events below actually happened, what you wrote is absolute rubbish.
Former Chairman and CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root Inc. Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Foreign Bribery and Kickback Schemes [fbi.gov]
U.S. Sues Kellogg, Brown & Root for Alleged False Claims Act Violations Over Improper Costs for Private Security in Iraq [fbi.gov]
Former TBW CEO Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Fraud Scheme [fbi.gov]
U.S. Charges Ex-Worldcom CEO Bernard Ebbers [fbi.gov]
Two Former Canopy Financial Co-Founders Sentenced to 15 and 1 [fbi.gov]
Re:Exactly how many 3-letter spook agencies are th (Score:5, Informative)
Nowadays, can someone please tell me now many are out there?
Many: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Category:United_States_intelligence_agencies [wikimedia.org]
Note that not all of those entries are for agencies; some are for programs, etc.
Re:Too late (Score:4, Informative)