Collection of Americans' phone data ruled illegal
 

Court rules NSA program illegal - CNNPolitics.com
About fucking time, now that it's about to expire anyway :disgust

So, will they just make it ''lawful'' somehow?
Then, renew the objectionable act with mickey-moused legislative impunity.

If they could devise an autonomous structure for the extraction of actual communication that is terrorism (only) related, and do it with public transparency -- it might fly...
Unfortunately, with the whole process cloaked by the US PATRIOT Act's constitutionally questionable impunity I cannot see them ever agreeing to this.

There is some suspicion, possibly reason, to believe that the data gleaned is sanitized and used in pursuing security and police investigation of non-terrorist "criminal" activities.

who cares. NSA has same mentality as web pirates. fuck the law.

:2 cents:

They;re just telling people what they want to hear. Like they'll stop big brothering us... ya right.

As usual too little too late. The damage is already done...

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Hey NSA Motherfuckers -
 

Can you hear me now?

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It's not going to change anything at this point. They will just keep doing it as none of the people running our govt seem to want to stop them. Not the president and not congress.

So far anytime the law has gotten in their way, they've used the "secret court" to change the law for them..

I actually just saw a bit more on this. They didn't rule it unconstitutional, but rather ruled that "Congress" never approved the extent of the spying on American citizens that has been going on.

What this means is the ball has now been tossed into Congress's court, meaning they have to vote if the continued spying is "ok".

What this means is our FREEDOM loving Congress has to make the decision if it stays or goes or gets modified. So here is your chance to show us you love us Republican controlled Senate & Congress...