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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: Federal judge rules NSA data gathering on all US telephone calls is unconstitutional [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)peek into people's personal lives, through the window, opening their mail (a federal offense) or in any other way and of course we are protected from such crimes by the 4th Amendment of the Constitution especially egregious when it is the Government doing it.
I hope to be able to join a lawsuit against Verizon along with millions of other customers whose rights were violated by them. This ruling will certainly help the victims of the Government spying program.
Unless Congress does what it did last time, covers for the criminals, passes a 'retroactive' law again, making their crimes legal.
That vote Obama cast to support that outrageous and transparent abuse of power, nearly cost him the election airc.
But times have changed and people are a lot more informed now than they were then. We'll see if Congress decides to abide by their oaths of office this time, or once again, protects the criminals. It will be very risky now for them to try that trick again.