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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2013, 09:24 PM Dec 2013

BBC: Greenwald on Why WH Panel NSA Report is Vindication of Snowden Reporting

@ggreenwald: NSA report warns: "Americans must never make the mistake of wholly 'trusting' our public officials" (p 114) (via @DanBoches)

@theCCR: RT @ShayanaKadidal: NSA rpt calls for "effective end of National Security Letter authority, which would be replaced with court orders" https://t.co/BPlDRWbJQ3

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BBC: Greenwald on Why WH Panel NSA Report is Vindication of Snowden Reporting (Original Post) Hissyspit Dec 2013 OP

The second tweet in your OP says: Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #1

It is malaise Dec 2013 #2

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

1. The second tweet in your OP says:

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 09:29 PM

Dec 2013

"effective end of National Security Letter authority, which would be replaced with court orders"

Wasn't the Verizon metadata obtained via court order?

http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/verizon-telephone-data-court-order

Verizon forced to hand over telephone data – full court ruling
The US government is collecting the phone records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court order. Read the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order

malaise

(268,998 posts)

2. It is

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 09:31 PM

Dec 2013

Rec

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