Secretive Spy Court Approved Nearly 2,000 Surveillance Requests in 2012. Zero rejections

[sailingaway]

http://t.co/G9DpcH89cy

these are the NSA requests. Not ONE turned down.

h/t YALiberty

[Anti Federalist]

http://t.co/G9DpcH89cy

these are the NSA requests. Not ONE turned down.

h/t YALiberty

Why would any be turned down Comrade?

The State is always right.

[Matt Collins]

I'm not nearly as worried about these as much as I am the ones that DIDN'T get run through the courts :(

[thoughtomator]

I'd say there's a fair question whether this is really a "court" at all - all records of its proceedings are secret and only government lawyers can make use of it. By any reasonable standard this not a court, just a mere rubber stamp executive bureaucracy pretending to be a court.

[better-dead-than-fed]

I'd say there's a fair question whether this is really a "court" at all - all records of its proceedings are secret and only government lawyers can make use of it. By any reasonable standard this not a court, just a mere rubber stamp executive bureaucracy pretending to be a court.

Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia, 448 US 555 - Supreme Court 1980 (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10435299198962904746&q=spawns+disrespect+for+law&hl=en&as_sdt=2,3):


Justice may not be done in a corner nor in any covert manner. ...

Gannett Co. v. DePasquale, 443 US 368 - Supreme Court 1979 (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16510196517327503109&q=soul+of+justice&hl=en&as_sdt=2,3):


publicity (is) "the most effectual safeguard of testimony, and of the decisions depending on it; it is the soul of justice; it ought to be extended to every part of the procedure, and to all causes."

[unknown]

Why would any be turned down Comrade?

The State is always right.

Heil.