Worth remembering: on at least 1 occasion, the FISA Court said NSA surveillance violated the 4th Amendment. http://bit.ly/MB6CBl #NSAfiles
@speechboy71 It might be. But they were designed by statute not to be able to check whether govt abides by minimization rules. @attackerman
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@emptywheel@attackerman Why would they need to? -
@speechboy71 What guarantee is there govt abides by their own minimization rules? Won't be submitted as evidence.@attackerman -
@emptywheel Doesn't really answer my question on minimization. If FISA sets rules what reason is there to believe NSA doesn't abide by them -
@speechboy71 Because govt doesn't do that unless there is a real check. Consider the Exigent letters debacle as VERY similar example. -
@emptywheel You're saying that government employees don't abide by the law unless another branch of govt is directly overseeing them? -
@speechboy71 I'm saying that for a DIRECT PREDECESSOR to this program where there was MORE oversight that is the case. -
@emptywheel I don't understand what you are saying -
@speechboy71 I'm saying that not ONLY is it true humans w/no check abuse authority, but humans in THIS job description did recently. - 2 more replies
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