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Even If Patriot Act Expires, Government Will Keep Spying On All Americans

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by poncho, May 29, 2015.

  1. poncho

    poncho Well-Known Member

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    Government Will Use “Secret Interpretations” to Get Around Legal Prohibitions

    Mass surveillance under the Patriot Act is so awful that even its author says that the NSA has gone far beyond what the Act intended (and that the intelligence chiefs who said Americans aren’t being spied on should be prosecuted for perjury).

    Specifically, the government is using a “secret interpretation” of the Patriot Act which allows the government to commit mass surveillance on every American.

    So it’s a good thing that the Patriot Act may expire, but don’t get too excited …

    Wikileaks’ Julian Assange said today:

    Our sources say that the NSA is not too concerned, that it has secret interpretations of other authorities that give it much the same power that it would have had under the secret interpretation of 215 and other areas of the USA PATRIOT Act.

    ZDNet agrees … and notes that Congress doesn’t even know about many of the government’s spying programs. And see this.

    Indeed, the government now uses secret evidence, secret witnesses, secret interpretations, and even secret laws. See this and this.

    High-level NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake told us:

    Continue . . . http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/even-if-patriot-act-expires-government-will-keep-spying-on-all-americans.html
     
  2. Tom Bryant

    Tom Bryant Well-Known Member

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    Of course, they won't give it up. No government ever gives back its power unless it is forced to by its' citizens.
     
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