Secret Court Upholds Phone Data Collection

cold fjord writes "The Houston Chronicle reports, 'A newly declassified opinion from the government's secret surveillance court says no company that has received an order to turn over bulk telephone records has challenged the directive. The opinion by Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge Claire Eagan, made public Tuesday, spells out her reasons for reauthorizing the phone records collection "of specified telephone service providers" for three months. ... 'Indeed, no recipient of any Section 215 order has challenged the legality of such an order, despite the explicit statutory mechanism for doing so.'" Relatedly, the UN Human Rights Council is discussing the surveillance situation.

Re:No Surprise

[Sponge Bath]

Our government is so far out of hand that I don't recognize it anymoo.

FTFY

Re:No Surprise

[Anonymous Coward]

We are cattle. When they want us for dinner they will come calling.

Our government is so far out of hand that I don't recognize it anymore.

I don't know what you are talking about you Liberal! I AM FREE!

I still got my big screen TV, cable with the Sports package, RED MEAT, Bible and my guns! And the fact that, if I actually TRIED to use my guns against the government, they'd decree me a terrorist, thereby allowing them to act without any protestations from the rest of the populace; send a bunch of DOJ troops; and stomp me and my buddies out like a little ant, doesn't mean that I COULDN'T fight oppression!

USA! USA! USA! USA!

Re:Well, duh

[paiute]

Verizon will still think of a way to lower my data cap and raise the price and blame it on the NSA and/or terrorists.

Re:No Surprise

[meta-monkey]

We are all an anonymoos cow herd.