I don't get why anyone believes the NSA will only search phone records per FISC orders when DEA had a program they ran with AT&T for years
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@emptywheel also, NSA violates the law whenever it feels like it anyway, and AT&T has no fear of civil litigation so. bad combo. -
@onekade To be fair, FBI is more likely to violate rules, and DEA still more so. And they have other ways of getting this. -
@onekade They would say that was legal (and it was until 1972). -
@emptywheel lol come on. according to the constitution it clearly wasn't. -
@onekade Constitution constitsmushin. Only Richard Leon and Damon Keith care about that. -
@emptywheel but you're right. "if there isn't a law that explicitly bans me from doing this" = how the government works, with court approval -
@onekade Yep! But DEA and FBI push things further than NSA, which should be concerning bc they can put us in jail. - 5 more replies
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@emptywheel this is why i always say if you want them to stop spying, take their money. it's the only way.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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