Congress Finally Decides NSA Surveillance Violates the Law

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LIBERTY IS RISING!


Congress has finally decided that massive, unprecedented and unwarranted surveillance of the American people conducted by the National Security Agency is against the law. Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has broad jurisdiction over matters related to federal criminal law, arrived at the conclusion months after the American people reached a similar conclusion.




“We never, at any point in this debate,
have approved the type of unchecked,
sweeping surveillance of United States citizens employed by our government,”


said House fixture John Conyers (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044581/lawmakers-nsa-phone-records-collection-violated-law.html), a Michigan Democrat, during a hearing on the NSA.


“If the government cannot provide a clear, public explanation
for how its program is consistent with the statute, it
must stop collecting this information immediately.”






See also:


Published on Jul 17, 2013 - 31 views
Rep. Jerry Nadler,
Members of Congress Clash With Top Obama Officials on NSA Spying


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImDRqFgr6-Y


http://www.prisonplanet.com/congress-finally-decides-nsa-surveillance-violates-the-law.html


see video here as well:



Conyers: NSA surveillance has gotten "quite far out of hand"
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50151087n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPCAnswer+%28PC+Answer% 3A+CBSNews.com%29

alternate tube

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/national/conyers-nsa-surveillance-has-gotten-quite-far-out-of-hand/2013/07/17/bd70090c-ef02-11e2-bb32-725c8351a69e_video.html?tid=pm_vid

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/cb-HQpyoVlO5buF/conyers_nsa_surveillance_has_gotten_quite_far_out_ of_hand/



For TRANSCRIPT also see:


Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/18/glenn_greenwald_growing_backlash_against_nsa


See also video at:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/07/201371723225153694.html
Pressure mounts on US spy programme
Congressmen slam Prism as "off the tracks" and in serious violation of law as pressure mounts to change practices.
Last Modified: 18 Jul 2013 01:05




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[Anti Federalist]

“If the government cannot provide a clear, public explanation for how its program is consistent with the statute,
it must stop collecting this information immediately.”

Whereupon NSA minions will bring Mr. Conyers into a "secret, closed door" briefing.

They will then show him pictures, real or contrived, of him pleasuring himself with little boys, or goats, or what have you.

There's your "clear, public explanation that is consistent with the statute".

[DamianTV]

Quick! Sweep it under the rug and continue Total Surveillance!

By the way, Total Surveillance by Corporations is just fine and dandy! Fuckers.

[otherone]

They will then show him pictures, real or contrived, of him pleasuring himself with little boys, or goats, or what have you.



Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

[better-dead-than-fed]

If the government cannot provide a clear, public explanation for how its program is consistent with the statute, it must stop collecting this information immediately.

This reminds me of the stern warning the government gave me about breaking the law. No wait a minute, they never gave me any warning, they just jumped out of a van and held a dozen MP5's on me, put me in administrative segregation and denied me a fair trial. LOL never mind.

[paulbot24]

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[Occam's Banana]

At best, a great show will be made of the furniture being rearranged - with much chin-pulling, arm-waving and "tut-tutting" - but in the end, the very large and nasty lump under the carpet will merely be moved from one side of the room to other.

ETA: Dammit! I just noticed Damian beat me to the "under the rug" reference ...

[anaconda]

Is the job of someone like Nadler to simply supply a dog-and-pony-show appearance of a "fight against the system?" So the sheep think they are being represented? Then only to do nothing legislatively to curtail the abuses? Yet, Nadler does seem to have some history of fighting for civil liberties in Congress.

[tod evans]

Public trials in the streets with judges and juries who are not part of the problem is the only way this is going to change..

It's already been said that they'll just move the blame around and continue on...

[DamianTV]

Public trials in the streets with judges and juries who are not part of the problem is the only way this is going to change..

It's already been said that they'll just move the blame around and continue on...

As well as keep the Surveillance System in place...

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Damn, I just thought of a way they could do it legally. Sell the whole system to Google. Of course, Google probably doesnt even need it.

[tod evans]

Somebody hit Damian for me I'm out..:(

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to DamianTV again.

[Sola_Fide]

This means nothing.

[Scrapmo]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060506205303/uncyclopedia/images/5/51/CaptObviousTitanic.jpg

Quick into the lifeboats, police and government officials first.

[enhanced_deficit]

There was a pretty telling comment in similar news yesterday, Congress authorized something without knowing what it authorized...
Very reassuring about their competence or moral character...or both.

[Anti Federalist]

Somebody hit Damian for me I'm out..:(

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to DamianTV again.

Done

[DamianTV]

Somebody hit Damian for me I'm out..:(

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to DamianTV again.


Done

Thank you Thank you!

[DamianTV]

Bumping due to another thread just popping up about FISA Courts renewing permission for all this Surveillance, even when Congress decides it is against the law.

Changing Gears:

Now, if Congress just said it violates the law, and this decree does NOT have to come from SCOTUS, would that not make Snowden a Whistleblower, because he revealed the Govt committing a crime (definition of Whistleblower), and as a result of the Govt committing a Crime, would they not be required (not that they would actually comply, we all know damn well they have no intention) to actually STOP their Illegal Surveillance as well as dismantle the systems that are collecting information on the people without Warrants?