EFF Wins Release of Secret Court Opinion: NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional

mspohr writes "For over a year, EFF has been fighting the government in federal court to force the public release of an 86-page opinion of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). Issued in October 2011, the secret court's opinion found that surveillance conducted by the NSA under the FISA Amendments Act was unconstitutional and violated 'the spirit of' federal law."

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Re:I should have finished reading before posting

[fustakrakich]

There need to be penalties. Someone should be brought up on charges.

Yeah well, he's in Russia, or so we are told :-)

Okay so the Chief FISA judge called BS but..

[Virtucon]

How exactly does it get out of the FISA court into the Supreme Court and would Roberts have to recuse himself because he appointed most of the FISA judges?

Time for more popcorn.

Re:Impeach Obummer!

[Anonymous Coward]

Fact: Obama was more responsible for Katrina response than Bush:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-louisiana-gopers-unsure-if-katrina-response-was [talkingpointsmemo.com]

Re:Accountability

[mrchaotica]

I've created a petition [whitehouse.gov] demanding that the administration to hold itself accountable (or that Congress should do so if the administration won't).

Violated the Spirit

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't worry, they didn't actually violate a law. It was the 'spirit' of the law that was violated.

Move along people, nothing to see here.

Re:Shut it down

[wisnoskij]

Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!

Re:Impeach Obummer!

[Curunir_wolf]

Surprise, surprise. Obummer lies.

Racist!

Re:Shut it down

[Kell Bengal]

No, shut them all down! Curse my metal body!

Re:Farce royale

[PopeRatzo]

You at the other side of the pond have generated a farce beyond fantasy.

I'm sorry we don't have the same level of privacy and freedom from surveillance as Great Britain, where people are allowed to travel unmolested by the prying eyes of big government.

Re:I should have finished reading before posting

[DutchUncle]

Do you really think he found out about every detail of this garbage on Day One? I'll bet they question *his* clearance.

Released text of the opinion:

[L. J. Beauregard]

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, Plaintiff.
versus
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Defendant.

[Redacted] [redacted] of the [redacted]. [Redacted] [redacted] and [100 pages of completely blacked out text].

We rule, therefore that [redacted] [redacted] [redacted].

Re:Impeach Obummer!

[dark_requiem]

"And when I'm swept in to office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat. And I'll go in to people's houses at night, and wreck up the place! Mwahahaha!"

-Richard M. Nixon('s head)