WASHINGTON — President Obama will require intelligence agencies to obtain permission from a secret court before tapping into a vast trove of telephone data, but he will leave the data in the hands of the government for now, an administration official said.
Mr. Obama, in a much-anticipated speech on Friday morning, plans to announce that he is pulling back the government’s wide net of surveillance at home and abroad, staking out a middle ground between the far-reaching proposals of his own advisers and the concerns of the nation’s intelligence agencies.
"It's not broken, so I'm not going to fix it, but we're certainly going to provide more constitutional protections to foreign citizens".
What does that even mean?
What does that even mean?
Foreign citizens aren't taking kindly to the suggestion that they are having their data intercepted by a foreign government.
I means, "we know you the people don't like this, but tough ****. This is more about placating Andrea Merkel than honoring my oath to defend and uphold the constitution. Because I can detain any citizen indefinitely without due process... but there sure are a lot of foreigners who don't like this."
Foreign citizens aren't taking kindly to the suggestion that they are having their data intercepted by a foreign government.
I did enjoy the swipes at China and Russia.
But the idea of extending American' citizens protections to foreign populaces..... I am mulling that one. It seems.... contradictory.
A competent intelligence community requires a certain degree of insulation from the general public for the most obvious of reasons.Courts in the US are supposed to be a matter of public record.
The idea of a 'secret court' is as bad as spying on American citizens.
A competent intelligence community requires a certain degree of insulation from the general public for the most obvious of reasons.
A competent intelligence community requires a certain degree of insulation from the general public for the most obvious of reasons.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.