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Surveillance Case Gets Canned

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Posted on Aug 21, 2009
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The Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, was initially brought under fire after the Bush administration ignored its limits on government snooping.

A judge has rejected a challenge to FISA brought by activists abroad who fear that their communications may be tapped by the U.S. government. The judge said fear is not enough to warrant a change in the law, and that challenges need to make explicit claims of unlawful surveillance. The question remains: How does one know he is being surveilled?

The BBC:

A US judge has rejected a challenge to a law that allows intelligence services to eavesdrop on overseas conversations to gather intelligence.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the US to monitor the calls and emails of non-US citizens abroad.

Human rights groups contended that their workers might be bugged for talking to people under surveillance.

But District Judge John Koeltl in New York said the mere fear of surveillance was not enough to bring a lawsuit.

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By ChaoticGood, August 21, 2009 at 12:50 pm Link to this comment

So the “threat” preemption that is the core of the “Bush Doctrine” does not apply to citizens of the USA.  When confronted by an imagined threat, the USA can invade and destroy any country they wish, but citizens who imagine threat are powerless to intercede until they have been hurt. Hmmmm…

Ok, lets say you have been spyed upon and you don’t know about it, well you cannot do anything.  Ok lets take it to the next step, you know you have been spied upon and so does everyone else, now you have to prove harm, I suppose.  How do you do that?

Next step, you are spied upon, you simultaneously appear on the no-fly list and you cannot get a bank loan.  How do you prove linkage between the spying and the damage.  Ans: you can’t

So the bottom line is just open the door for “Big Brother” to come in and stay a while, or forever.

The “Land of the Free and the home of the Brave” indeed.

If you really care about this, then you can encrypt your email very easily and stop 100% of that type of spying. I wonder if real terrorists know about email encryption.  OOPS I hear the sound of jackboots on my sidewalk, must hide now, try to post later….

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