Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Censored by Huffington Post. One more step on the road to a Fascist Police State


This comment censored by Huffington Post :-

One more step on the road to a Fascist Police State.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/26/clapper-v-amnesty-international-warrantless-wiretapping-supreme-court_n_2765931.html


Clapper v. Amnesty International, Warrantless Wiretapping Challenge, Struck Down By Supreme Court 


NEW YORK -- Journalists and human rights advocates worried they are being swept up in an electronic dragnet cannot challenge the U.S. government's secretive warrantless wiretapping program in a lawsuit, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision on Tuesday. The court's decision, handed down in a case called Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, will complicate civil libertarians' efforts to push back against the post-9/11 expansion of surveillance.
Jameel Jaffer, the deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and the lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement the ruling was a "disturbing decision" that "insulates the [warrantless wiretapping] statute from meaningful judicial review and leaves Americans’ privacy rights to the mercy of the political branches."
At issue is the government's warrantless wiretapping program, begun in secret and without congressional authorization under the George W. Bush administration. In the wake of a 2008 federal law passed to legalize that program, the National Security Agency and other agencies are supposed to be able to read emails and listen in on phone calls without a warrant -- but only when they are targeting foreign nationals. 

N.B. The wiretapping program was deliberately set up to be able to listen in on all domestic phone calls. 
The eavesdropping could of been set up in the 37 locations where international calls are routed into and out of the United States.  
Instead the eavesdropping was set up in every major domestic telephone hub within the United States.

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