First US Appeals Court Hears Arguments To Shut Down NSA Database

[DamianTV]

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/09/...n-nsa-database

The second of two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government regarding domestic mass surveillance, ACLU vs. Clapper, was heard on Tuesday by "a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit." The proceeding took an unprecedented two hours (the norm is about 30 minutes), and C-SPAN was allowed to record the whole thing and make the footage available online (video). ACLU's lawyers argued that mass surveillance without warrants violates the 4th Amendment, while lawyers for the federal government argued that provisions within the Patriot Act that legalize mass surveillance without warrants have already been carefully considered and approved by all three branches of government. The judges have yet to issue their ruling.

But but but Security trumps ALL your precious Rights and Amendments! And you cant take away our jobs of protecting you from the people we piss off!

1776 > 1984

[Carlybee]

The Patriot Act needs to be abolished. Otherwise there will be no shutting down any alphabet agencies.