NSA spied on Martin Luther King, documents reveal

[steve2470]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24279394



The US National Security Agency spied on civil rights leader Martin Luther King and boxer Muhammad Ali during the height of the Vietnam War protests, declassified documents reveal.

The documents show the NSA also tracked journalists from the New York Times and the Washington Post and two senators.

Some NSA officials later described the programme as "disreputable if not outright illegal", the documents show.

The operation, dubbed "Minaret", was originally exposed in the 1970s.

[Recursion]

1. This is why we have FISA

Until the 1970s, to only legal limit on the President's "inherent" surveillance powers were evidentiary rules that kept it out of court rooms.

[Mnemosyne]

2. K&R nt

[Mr Dixon]

3. Good read

No surprise everybody knew this already right?

[woo me with science]

4. K&R

[steve2470]

6. kick for pm crowd nt