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JDPriestly

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51. Actually, some of the documents indicate they can also take some

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 06:55 PM

Jun 2013

strictly domestic documents. It helps to actually read the court orders. Sometimes just reading some administration talking (or blogging) points and repeating them on DU destroys your credibility.

Just assuming the Obama PR department always knows what is going on or lets its bloggers know all of what it knows can be an embarrassing mistake.

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ACLU: NSA Retains Purely Domestic Communications Without Warrants, Documents Show [View all] Hissyspit Jun 2013 OP

Set me straight, is the ACLU in the racist category? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #1

I believe they are currently in the "ratfucker" category Dragonfli Jun 2013 #11

Well it makes sense nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #12

It's getting crowded under the "corporate apologist's" bus. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #28

it's such a stupid smear...ignorant of history nashville_brook Jun 2013 #49

The ACLU never loved him! City Lights Jun 2013 #32

clearly the ACLU is a firebagger organization noiretextatique Jun 2013 #34

I admit, I did not consider that possibility nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #35

welcome noiretextatique Jun 2013 #44

today is a good day to join the ACLU grasswire Jun 2013 #2

isn't that how you get on the watch list? reusrename Jun 2013 #30

apparently we are all already on a watch list. grasswire Jun 2013 #48

This too, is entirely legal. Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #3

"The government also claims the authority to retain Americans' purely domestic communications" morningfog Jun 2013 #17

How can the FOREIGN Intelligence Surveillance Court issue legally issue domestic warrants? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2013 #36

There were no warrants issued in these cases Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #37

"Technically" Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2013 #39

I agree Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #41

I missed the paragraph which stated "fuck President Obama... Earth_First Jun 2013 #4

The ACLU ProSense Jun 2013 #5

You finally admit they can take content? RobertEarl Jun 2013 #6

So much information is surfacing Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #8

It has ProSense Jun 2013 #10

Are you aware of the protocols that the NSA uses to distinguish between "Foreign" and "Domestic"? bvar22 Jun 2013 #18

Here: ProSense Jun 2013 #20

i have figured why the rumours started that the onion was closing Monkie Jun 2013 #24

As John Oliver says..."a coin toss plus 1%"!!! dkf Jun 2013 #27

Well, there is a caveat Coccydynia Jun 2013 #19

Stop it with the facts and stuff. Some here at DU don't like that. SlimJimmy Jun 2013 #23

Oops. My bad. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #25

I think there is quite a bit of confusion about the order of things, reusrename Jun 2013 #33

You may be correct. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #43

Actually, some of the documents indicate they can also take some JDPriestly Jun 2013 #51

Oh, no, that can't be true. She's quoting Greenwald there, and Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #21

what, no "racism, bigotry, hate, agendas, envy and jealousy"? MisterP Jun 2013 #7

Well, that's ACLU for you. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #22

Thank you ACLU Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #9

K&R for the ACLU! "far weaker than we imagined they could be" n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #13

k/r marmar Jun 2013 #14

but it's leeeeeeegal!!1 frylock Jun 2013 #15

"purely domestic". that means non-foreign calls. seems excessive. nt limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #16

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2013 #26

Somebody's lying.... kentuck Jun 2013 #29

Good question. Octafish Jun 2013 #40

Kick nt Hissyspit Jun 2013 #31

Why does the ACLU hate us for our freedoms? Rex Jun 2013 #38

+1 nashville_brook Jun 2013 #47

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #42

We can hear you now. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #45

k and r nashville_brook Jun 2013 #46

Kick...Interesting Info...We Need to KNOW! KoKo Jun 2013 #50