jct74
05-15-2015, 09:52 AM
this is from last week but I don't think it was ever posted
Sen. Rand Paul: What You Discuss on Your Phone Is None of the Government’s Business
Sen. Rand Paul
May 7, 2015
The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice
I’ve long said what you discuss on your phone is none of the government’s business, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit agrees.
Today, the federal court struck down the government’s sweeping, undefined, and illegal war on civil liberties, ruling that it is unlawful for the National Security Agency to collect the bulk phone records of American citizens.
The three judge panel slams the overreach of the NSA’s limitless metadata collection and privacy intrusion, writing in the opinion that the program was an “unprecedented contraction of the privacy expectations of all Americans.” The court judges the program’s premise as ineffectual, stating “the records demanded are all-encompassing; the government does not even suggest that all of the records sought, or even necessarily any of them, are relevant.”
This is an important victory for privacy, but the fight for liberty must continue in the Supreme Court and Congress until this grave miscarriage of justice is completely repealed.
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read more:
http://time.com/3851286/nsa-court-decision-rand-paul-patriot-act/
Sen. Rand Paul: What You Discuss on Your Phone Is None of the Government’s Business
Sen. Rand Paul
May 7, 2015
The sacrifice of our personal liberty for security is and will forever be a false choice
I’ve long said what you discuss on your phone is none of the government’s business, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit agrees.
Today, the federal court struck down the government’s sweeping, undefined, and illegal war on civil liberties, ruling that it is unlawful for the National Security Agency to collect the bulk phone records of American citizens.
The three judge panel slams the overreach of the NSA’s limitless metadata collection and privacy intrusion, writing in the opinion that the program was an “unprecedented contraction of the privacy expectations of all Americans.” The court judges the program’s premise as ineffectual, stating “the records demanded are all-encompassing; the government does not even suggest that all of the records sought, or even necessarily any of them, are relevant.”
This is an important victory for privacy, but the fight for liberty must continue in the Supreme Court and Congress until this grave miscarriage of justice is completely repealed.
...
read more:
http://time.com/3851286/nsa-court-decision-rand-paul-patriot-act/