Revealed: the top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant

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51. Were you

talking points have arrived!oh boy are they weak

they relied on court orders, warrants and have procedures in place?

not much of a mantra to chant oneself to sleep with...

...afraid to respond to me directly? You think those are "talking points"?

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The authors write that the documents "detail the circumstances in which data collected on U.S. persons under the foreign intelligence authority must be destroyed, extensive steps analysts must take to try to check targets are outside the U.S., and reveals how U.S. call records are used to help remove U.S. citizens and residents from data collection."

"The broad scope of the court orders, and the nature of the procedures set out in the documents, appear to clash with assurances from President Obama and senior intelligence officials that the NSA could not access Americans' call or e-mail information without warrants," Greenwald and Ball write.

The procedures governing collection of information on foreign targets "cover only part of the NSA's surveillance of domestic U.S. communications," the Guardian says. It reported earlier this month that most data collection happens with approval of the FISA court under the Patriot Act.

The FISA court allows the NSA to keep data "that could potentially contain details of U.S. persons" for up to five years, and to retain and use "inadvertently acquired" domestic communications that contain "usable intelligence, information on criminal activity, threat of harm to people or property, are encrypted, or are believed to contain any information relevant to cybersecurity," the Guardian writes.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/20/nsa-surveillance-fisa-court/2442899/

Greenwald reports on procedures and then adds his potential for abuse claims. He isn't citing any abuse.