Set back to NSA spying!
In a stinging rebuke to President Barack Obama's surveillance policies, a federal judge on Monday branded the National Security Agency's mass collection of Americans' telephone data "almost Orwellian" and likely a violation of the Constitution. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden cheered the ruling. Appeals Court Judge Richard Leon invoked Founding Father James Madison and the Beatles in a frequently scathing ruling. Leon, appointed by then-President George W. Bush, ordered the government to halt bulk collection of so-called telephony metadata and destroy information already collected through that program. But he suspended his order as the case works its way through the courts. "I cannot imagine a more 'indiscriminate' and 'abitrary invasion' than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval," Leon wrote. |
Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path
Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. -- Mark Twain