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[Nat Algren]

3 Hours and 47 Minutes After Obama Says He’ll Sign Law BANNING Bulk Collection, DOJ Asks Secret Court to CONTINUE Bulk Collection
Posted on June 9, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
Spencer Ackerman reports in the Guardian:

The Obama administration has asked a secret surveillance court to ignore a federal court that found bulk surveillance illegal and to once again grant the National Security Agency the power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans for six months.

The legal request, filed nearly four hours after Barack Obama vowed to sign a new law banning precisely the bulk collection he asks the secret court to approve, also suggests that the administration may not necessarily comply with any potential court order demanding that the collection stop.

Ackerman details the timeline in a tweet:



Marcy Wheeler notes with frustration:

DOJ, however, doesn’t much give a shit about what USA [Freedom Act] actually amends.

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The government will pretend it doesn’t matter.

The bottom line is that the NSA is a rogue agency … engaged in clearly illegal conduct.

But the White House and Congress are both enabling the worst in mass surveillance.


http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015...secret-court-to-continue-bulk-collection.html

 

[lucas80]

I don't see the big deal. Netflix knows more about me than the Feds do. My credit card companies know more about me than the Feds do. What do I really care if metadata is collected about phone records.
Terrorists are already moving beyond cell phones, and simple e-mail accounts. That's where the government should be focusing it's efforts. I think that's why the Obama Administration didn't make a full court press in this latest dust up. The intelligence agencies are realizing terrorists are utilizing new pathways to communicate.

 

[naturalmwa]

I don't see the big deal. Netflix knows more about me than the Feds do. My credit card companies know more about me than the Feds do. What do I really care if metadata is collected about phone records.
Terrorists are already moving beyond cell phones, and simple e-mail accounts. That's where the government should be focusing it's efforts. I think that's why the Obama Administration didn't make a full court press in this latest dust up. The intelligence agencies are realizing terrorists are utilizing new pathways to communicate.

I don't think anyone cares if the government gathers data on terrorists. It's treating us all as if we were terrorists many object to.