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Well you've obviously not read the actual documents provided because if you had, you'd see that the law does not allow people in the government to just go snooping willy nilly through your stuff. In fact, if you actually read the documents, you'll find the only way they can get anything from you to begin with is if they are targeting someone overseas and you are communicating with that target (this is what inadvertent means since you like to quote it a lot). At that point, the law requires them to destroy that information unless there is indication of an immediate threat of harm, evidence of a crime that has been or is about to be committed, or that it contains foreign intelligence. Honestly, if you're communicating with terrorists, I want the government to know about it. However, the doesn't means they're spying on you. They're spying on someone else and your communication with that person is going to get pulled in with everything else they're collecting.
For the first point outlined, you need to post the ENTIRE portion you are referencing. Also, the first point actually points to the second point you made in terms of the ONLY circumstances under which evidence of a crime may be retained. Additionally, the second point you linked to references sections of the USC that you really need to read to find your Constitutional protections.
Where did you get this information from? Was it from the leaked copy of the warrant to Verizon showing this? I'm not sure where you get the idea that they're collecting the metadata without a warrant, because the evidence presented to support this claim WAS THE WARRANT.The fact that for many years the NSA has been collecting details of every telephone call placed in the United States without a warrant, President Obama tells us, is no reason for Americans to be concerned if you have nothing to hide for nobody is listening to your telephone calls. Really?
So it's ok in your eyes for the UK to do it but not the US? Your personal vendetta is showing.
No. What I'm seeing in a person like you who will whine and complain all day about how your rights are somehow being violated, without actually being able to prove it, yet will turn around next time some attack happens and wonder why the government wasn't doing enough. Part of understanding the Constitution is understanding what the writers were trying to achieve when writing the text. The Fourth Amendment was designed to allow law-abiding citizens to be safe in their person and property against UNREASONABLE government searches. The point of the amendment was not to allow those who wish to do us harm to be shielded from the government as soon as they step foot in the country. The Constitution also gave the power to the Supreme Court to be the ultimate arbiter of what is Constitutional and what is not. That power was then propagated down to lower courts via Congress. All 3 branches of government have determined that the activities that go on are Constitutional. No American citizen has shown any loss of rights or harm suffered by the program. The only person here who seems to be running contradictory to the Constitution right now is you claiming all of this is illegal and unconstitutional based on your personal belief.
Or maybe she is informed on how the program works and, like the Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary branches of our government along with the governments of other countries, see that it is actually not illegal and not spying on Americans. Maybe, just maybe, the leaders of these countries see the intelligence value of these programs and the good it does each of their respective countries and have decided that it is more valuable to keep these secret and use these to stop attacks rather than release all of the information to the public so they can feel safe that they're not being targeted and then do nothing else with the information. What have you done to look out for those to wish to do us harm today?
Good one! FYI, I see 3 maybes in the last paragraph where I was being semi-sarcastic.
Multiply that one misguided effort to promote justice through dubious means by just how immensely wide the scope and reach of our national surveillance state is.... while there are those who genuinely believe they are on the side of the good guys even using such disreputable methods, it destroys the essence of what we claim to be proud of as Americans.
