Take heart, mateys – there are some silver linings: TO RIGHTIES: “The Republicans – and NSA supporters everywhere – may have made a mistake that will come back to haunt them. They killed a measure that many reformers were holding their nose while supporting, and six months from now—by the middle of 2015 [when it automatically comes up for renewal]—they may have several even bigger fights on their hands.” …. “The legislation Republicans just blocked also would have effectively shut down several promising lawsuits against the NSA in federal court and another case where National Security Letters were already ruled unconstitutional. Now many of those cases, already in the appeals stage, may be decided within the next six months, and if the oral arguments are any indication, the [pro-NSA faction in the] US government may be in trouble.” ---- TO LEFTIES: Still unhappy? Consider this: With or without this act, the NSA can always get what it wants from individual phone companies. However, since Snowden’s massive info leaks, the NSA had begun releasing info voluntarily, arguably because “conservative justices may be willing to do more for [our] privacy than conservative lawmakers, as Judge Richard Leon proved last year when he ruled that the NSA’s phone surveillance program is likely unconstitutional.” . theguardian/commentisfree/2014/nov/19/nsa-reform-surveillance-usa-freedom-act-section-215
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 08:50:52 +0000
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