The second circuit court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection and storage of Americans phone records is ILLEGAL, good news when it comes to your privacy. John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Ana Kasparian (The Point,) break down the story. Does this redeem Edward Snowden? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
Read more here: http://www.vox.com/2015/5/7/8567089/nsa-patriot-act-ruling
“The existence of the NSA’s telephone surveillance program was revealed by a 2013 leak from whistleblower Ed Snowden. For close to a decade, the government has required major telephone companies to provide records of every telephone call made in the United States.
The government says the program is authorized by Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which was passed in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Section 215 allows the government to seek information that is “relevant to an authorized investigation.” The Obama administration has argued that the phone records program meets this legal standard. In the government’s view, a database of every phone call in the United States provides a wealth of information that helps the government conduct terrorism investigations.”
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Comments
Turns out Ed Snowden was right. This was totally illegal! I watched these craven, worthless excuses for leaders and it turned my stomach. Everything that I take pride in about this country is missing from these men. Men… shit I could build a better man out of a banana.
There are only two choices; Either they are using the blood of our dead citizens to baptize their tyranny or they are the most cowardly men to ever disgrace the halls of our government. We are home of the free, land of the brave. I don’t care if you are liberal or conservative or libertarian, we are better than what these little tyrants just vomited onto the halls of congress. I would rather vote for a pile of dog shit than any of these cowards.