June 06, 2013
— Ace
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder tells @nbcnews he has no intention of stepping down #developing
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) June 5, 2013
Holder says he won't resign until he accomplishes all his goals. I guess there are still some amendments in Bill of Rights left unviolatedÂ…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) June 6, 2013
You've all read about the National Tap Everyone's Phone program by now, but if you haven't:
Under the terms of the blanket order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversation itself are not covered.
That's per Glenn Greenwald, who was leaked the court order.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says this isn't even legal, and that the law the order is supposedly based upon still requires an individualized target, not the entire country:
But Cohn argues that the kind of dragnet surveillance suggested by the Verizon order exceeds even the authority granted by the Patriot Act. “Section 215 is written as if they’re going after individual people based on individual investigations,” she says. In contrast, the order leaked to the Guardian affects “millions and millions of innocent people. There’s no way all of our calling records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.”“I don’t think Congress thought it was authorizing dragnet surveillance” when it passed the Patriot Act, Cohn says. “I don’t think Americans think that’s OK. I would be shocked if the majority of congressmen thought it’s okay.”
And what could be scarier than a blanket order to wiretap the country if not Eric Holder launching a leak investigation to find out who revealed the blanket order to wiretap the country?
Below, Eric Holder refuses to answer the Guardian's questions about this, and another video stolen from Hot Air: President Civil Liberties berating the Bush Administration for violating our civil liberties. It's a much watch, but not if you've recently eaten.
Update: Video of Holder vowing to not resign at Breitbart.
TBOTFGAHHAL.
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Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 06, 2013 08:56 AM (8ZskC)
Stolen from Allahpundit:
Right now, Eric Holder's (1) signing a warrant to tap Greenwald's phone and (2) preparing to investigate himself for signing the warrant
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 08:57 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: joncelli at June 06, 2013 08:58 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: toby928© Not a Lawyer at June 06, 2013 08:58 AM (QupBk)
I'm so glad that we have Obama in the White House to show us how much our security apparatus can be abused.
Of course, it's a teaching moment, much like the renewed push for a Shield Law. They're only trying to show us, as a public service, what a tyrannical government could do.
Posted by: West Town at June 06, 2013 08:59 AM (Y3C5w)
Posted by: Waldo at June 06, 2013 09:00 AM (dHIHO)
To Holder . . . In the immortal words of my grandfather (first heard by me 45 years ago at the tender age of
.
"Oh - bite me."
Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 09:00 AM (Ks0w4)
Posted by: kathysaysso at June 06, 2013 09:02 AM (6H6o8)
Anyone have any uninvited guests from the military in their home? If so, I'm pretty sure Holder has finished his work.
Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:10 AM (sOtz/)
Do what Maet did and check Craigslist?
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (VtjlW)
Holder says he won't resign until he accomplishes all his goals. I guess there are still some amendments in Bill of Rights left unviolatedÂ…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz)
Well he'd better wait before he violates the 3rd amendment until I've had a chance to get my guest room in order!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:12 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (+98Gb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (2evqn)
Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (W6bkf)
Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 06, 2013 09:13 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Bosk at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (n2K+4)
Daddy says Holder knows where the bodies are buried. My family is weird.
Posted by: Malia in DC at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (h0/aL)
Posted by: Baldy at June 06, 2013 09:14 AM (tyDFN)
The 'counterterror' excuse for all this is particularly weak given our unwillingness to do anything to known terrorists in contact with known terrorists overseas. They use the successful terror attacks they allow to occur to justify further erosion of the liberties of non-terrorists.
BTW, "militia" "patriot" "constitutionalist".
I just caused a federal investigation.
Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:15 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: blaster at June 06, 2013 09:15 AM (W6bkf)
Impeachment.
I don't give a crap about optics, or how the LIVs respond. We are already at a constitutional crisis.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 06, 2013 09:15 AM (fCkqS)
I can only pray to GOD that he winds up in prison at this point.
They do not care about our laws. They are above them and are getting away with murder. Literally and figuratively.
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: comment #348,093; type: blog; collected: at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (QW+AD)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (/PCJa)
"Phone tap" is a racist dog whistle for "nigg*r".
Posted by: Martin Bashir at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: joncelli at June 06, 2013 09:16 AM (RD7QR)
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I figure Carney is holding out for Reich Minister of Propaganda
Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Dr Spank at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (3+QKS)
Posted by: Bluto at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Independent Voter at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (rxnpE)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:17 AM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: JPS at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (g11mv)
Right now, Eric Holder's (1) signing a warrant to tap Greenwald's phone and (2) preparing to investigate himself for signing the warrant
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 12:57 PM (XUKZU)
That is incorrect. He will already have secretly recused himself therefore will not be able to investigate himself.
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:18 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (p9JxP)
They use the successful terror attacks they allow to occur to justify further erosion of the liberties of non-terrorists.
***
No, no, no. It's just that the Tseedbumb brothers used Sprint.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Vote Lord Humungus 2016 at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (HEa5q)
Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (MACNq)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:19 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 06, 2013 01:13 PM (8ZskC)
No, but he's done his fair share of "prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: [/i] An Observation at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Stu-22 at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (k4bdL)
The war on terrorism is over
The war on the Constitution will continue until the American people surrender
Posted by: TFG at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (nCSwS)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (X4HxX)
Posted by: mrp at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (HjPtV)
Posted by: Eric Holder at June 06, 2013 09:20 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (Sg0G/)
Posted by: Independent Voter at June 06, 2013 01:17 PM (rxnpE)
Wow. I'm guessing the editor really meant to leave that sexual overtone in there, too.
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: LGoPs at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (Zid/C)
Washington (D.C.) Trends
#ThingsIWillTeachMyChild
NSA
FISA
Verizon
Congress
#IRS
#tcot
#18ThingsIWant
#mentionatruefriend
Kiefer Sutherland
Posted by: Baldy at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: rickl at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (wrS2o)
Posted by: Bosk at June 06, 2013 09:21 AM (n2K+4)
Posted by: TFG at June 06, 2013 09:22 AM (nCSwS)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:23 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 06, 2013 09:23 AM (8ZskC)
Not worth the throat cancer risk.
Posted by: Methos at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (hO9ad)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (XvrTA)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 01:19 PM (MACNq)
Not that you warrant a response, but name one thing that Bush did, even WITH the Patriot Act, that was REMOTELY close to this shit?
That is, if you can stop fucking your cat long enough.
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: rickl at June 06, 2013 09:24 AM (zoehZ)
Sure dodged a bullet on that one, I tell ya.
Do I really need the fucking sarc tag?
Posted by: LGoPs at June 06, 2013 09:25 AM (Zid/C)
Mike Rogers just said this about the phone surveillance:
Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said today that phone records obtained by the National Security Agency "thwarted" a domestic terrorism plot "in the last few years." His committee is working to declassify information on the plot, he said.
"Within the last few years, this program was used to stop a terrorist attack in the United States," Rogers said. "We know that. It's important. It fills in a little seam that we have, and it's used to make sure that there's not an international nexus to any terrorism event that they may believe is ongoing in the United States."
He added: "In that regard, it is a very valuable thing. It is legal."
See? We might have stopped ONE terrorist plot after collecting a trillion phone records. And we're gonna tell you ALL about that, as soon as we decide how much of the story we think can tell you.
Feel better now?
Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:25 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 06, 2013 09:25 AM (ieiyL)
Where's the ACLU? These seems like something they'd be all over. What? Liberal administration? Oh, never mind.
***
The ACLU did weigh in on this.
“From a civil liberties perspective, the program could hardly be any more alarming," Jameel Jaffer, the deputy legal director of the ACLU, said in a statement. "It’s a program in which some untold number of innocent people have been put under the constant surveillance of government agents. It is beyond Orwellian, and it provides further evidence of the extent to which basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies.”
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: K-less, founder of the Clinging-on Empire at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (gllxq)
The Patriot Act sucks, and has always sucked. We could have simply not re-upped it, but congress loves power.
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 01:20 PM (X4HxX)
So, like Breitbart, you didn't read the article......
But Cohn argues that the kind of dragnet surveillance suggested by the Verizon order exceeds even the authority granted by the Patriot Act. “Section 215 is written as if they’re going after individual people based on individual investigations,” she says. In contrast, the order leaked to the Guardian affects “millions and millions of innocent people. There’s no way all of our calling records are relevant to a terrorism investigation.”
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (xmcEQ)
The ACLU has described the news as "beyond Orwellian."
“From a civil liberties perspective, the program could hardly be any more alarming," Jameel Jaffer, the deputy legal director of the ACLU, said in a statement. "It’s a program in which some untold number of innocent people have been put under the constant surveillance of government agents. It is beyond Orwellian, and it provides further evidence of the extent to which basic democratic rights are being surrendered in secret to the demands of unaccountable intelligence agencies.”
Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (MACNq)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:26 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (p9JxP)
And we're gonna tell you ALL about that, as soon as we decide how much of the story we think can tell you.
***
We're going to let Leon Panetta speak about it at a super secret conference.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (7ObY1)
Odd that they didn't stop the Boston bombers plot with this kind of access to phone data. Or do terrorists not use Verizon.
They were only looking for tea party and ex-military.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (g5YAm)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (X4HxX)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:27 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (X4HxX)
I've have never watched that prick for more than 5 seconds. I don't know how some can do it.
Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (KXm42)
With or without that act in place, THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT.
Laws do not apply to Democrats or the Owebama Administration.
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:28 AM (X4HxX)
54 So are we applauding or criticizing Obama for continuing the Bush administration's policies?
Posted by: Pfft at June 06, 2013 01:19 PM (MACNq)
After all the crying from the left over the patriot act I wonder what your side thinks.
But you don't think. "My clan > your clan." Whatever gets your clan the "win", you're cool with it.
Amiright?
Posted by: Atlas Shit the Bed at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (rxnpE)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (7ObY1)
Mayor splutters, "But then why do you demand more tanks?"
I always love that rant at the opening from Dominion Tank Police.
http://youtu.be/SZkU2GYLA8Y
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (2evqn)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (X4HxX)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 01:24 PM (XvrTA)
Hell, the way this shit is going Obama is going to nominate him for the next Supreme Court vacancy, and then play the race card on anyone who objects. And he'll probably get away with it too. And we'll spend the next 30 years watching that SOB jeering at America from the bench.
Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 01:23 PM (/PCJa)
Bullshit bullshit bullshit. Bad legislation (and it was bad legislation) ALWAYS sucks, no matter who's in charge, and this is why. Don't give power to your "friends" that you would not trust your "enemies" with, cause your "friends" 1) aren't always friends and 2) won't always be in charge.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Carter Hull at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (hKyl0)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (Sg0G/)
Posted by: The GOP at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:29 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 06, 2013 01:24 PM (b9K4P)
I must not be paranoid enough because that makes perfect sense to me.
Posted by: Wheels within wheels, man at June 06, 2013 09:30 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2013 09:30 AM (iwHSQ)
Not that you warrant a response, but name one thing that Bush did, even WITH the Patriot Act, that was REMOTELY close to this shit?
* * * *
An expert in this aspect of the law said Wednesday night that the order appears to be a routine renewal of a similar order first issued by the same court in 2006. The expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues, said that the order is reissued routinely every 90 days and that it is not related to any particular investigation by the FBI or any other agency.
Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (MACNq)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (xEAGD)
Posted by: occam at June 06, 2013 09:31 AM (fbUla)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Fritz at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (UzPAd)
I will refer to Holder as Stedman Sloth from this day forward.
Declaration by Dame Christy, Redneck Queen, 6 of June Twenty Thirteen Eleventy
Look at a photo of a sloth face: it is Stedman.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (baL2B)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 06, 2013 01:25 PM (ieiyL) Holder is carrying out too much of Obama's fundamental transformation of America. Just read Christian Adams' stuff at Townhall on what is going on in the Civil Rights Division at DOJ.
Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (aBlZ1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (iwHSQ)
Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:32 AM (MMC8r)
I'm abso-fucking-lutely de-light-ed!
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 01:31 PM (xEAGD)
I see a fighter escort in your near future for that comment.
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (xmcEQ)
Alternate instructions:
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The gnats are annoying and the frozen yogurt is fruity.
End Transmission.
Posted by: comment #348,094; mtcmtmail= at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (QW+AD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (2evqn)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (/PCJa)
@114
Does Samantha Power look like she's constantly constipated....or is it just me?....wondering....
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 01:29 PM (Sg0G/)
It's the look of really wanting to invade places. At least one ally.
Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (X4HxX)
Posted by: Northernlurker at June 06, 2013 01:25 PM (ieiyL)
Holder is carrying out too much of Obama's fundamental transformation of America. Just read Christian Adams' stuff at Townhall on what is going on in the Civil Rights Division at DOJ.
Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 01:32 PM (aBlZ1)
Also, Obama thinks Holder looks cute when he wears that frilly pink thing.
Posted by: joncelli at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (RD7QR)
John has a long mustache.
John has a long mustache.
Posted by: eleven at June 06, 2013 09:33 AM (KXm42)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:34 AM (Sg0G/)
stuck in a holding pattern somewhere in the NC air because Bobo decided
to prance into Charlotte on AF One.
I'm abso-fucking-lutely de-light-ed!
Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 06, 2013 01:31 PM (xEAGD)
Just make for the cockpit door. That will land the plane REAL QUICK.
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:34 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:35 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Dr. Captain Hate at June 06, 2013 09:35 AM (qFBgu)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, channeling Grumpycat at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (zUi7I)
He's due at a highschool north of Charlotte on his "wreckovery" summer jobs tour.
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (GQ8sn)
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
The evidence also shows that the government did not act alone. EFF has obtained whistleblower evidence from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails web browsing and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers and provides those copies to the NSA. This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. As one expert observed “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.”
Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (MACNq)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:36 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (Sg0G/)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 06, 2013 01:33 PM (/PCJa)
That was my argument to libs during the Iraq war.
"WAR FOR OIL!!!!"
Even if that idiocy was remotely true. Who would you rather have in control of that oil? US or SADDAM HUSSEIN?!? $10 Billion missing from the Oil for Food program......
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (xmcEQ)
87 So why hasn't the Bamster thrown Holder under the bus? Does Holder have photographs?
He knows what's in those college transcripts. And what passport Barry used to fly to Pohkeeston.
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:37 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (X4HxX)
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
There is no indication that this order to Verizon was unique or novel. It is very likely that business records orders like this exist for every major American telecommunication company, meaning that, if you make calls in the United States, the NSA has those records. And this has been going on for at least 7 years, and probably longer.
This type of untargeted, wholly domestic surveillance is
exactly what EFF, and others, have been suing about for years. In 2006, USA
Today published a story disclosing that the NSA had compiled a massive database
of call records from American telecommunications companies. Our case, Jewel v.
NSA, challenging the legality of the NSAÂ’s domestic spying program, has been
pending since 2008, but it's predecessor, Hepting v. AT&T filed in 2006,
alleged the same surveillance. In 2011, on the 10th Anniversary of the Patriot
Act, we filed a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records
about the government’s use of Section 215 – the legal authority the government
was relying on to perform this type of untargeted surveillance.
Posted by: News reader at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (MACNq)
I would like to suggest the AoS style guide be amended to require Ted "Balls of Brass" Cruz from this point on. Balls of steel is acceptable.
Ted BoB Cruz from the Molon Labe state.
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (ZWvOb)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, channeling Grumpycat at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: Hunker down and L.I.B. at June 06, 2013 09:38 AM (Cs2tJ)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:39 AM (XUKZU)
What about Sprint?
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 01:37 PM (GQ8sn)
Don't tell me you actually think they LIMITED themselves.....
Posted by: © Sponge at June 06, 2013 09:39 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 01:36 PM (VtjlW)
Thanks a pants load. Now I'm craving chocolate, and can't go out because the weather is getting "interesting."
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: kbdabear at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (mCvL4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (VtjlW)
Unnnnhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
*shakes head dejectedly*
Posted by: Lurch at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (8ZskC)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (qwK3S)
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 01:37 PM (GQ8sn)
What would common sense lead you to believe?
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:40 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (ZWvOb)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (2evqn)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 01:37 PM (Sg0G/)
She was big on that. Now she's hot for Syria. The Duty to Protect (D2P) is her specialty. Unfortunately soldiers, tanks and bombs are still mostly good for killing and breaking things.
So if we get involved look for a horribly constrained operation which gets nothing accomplished for a huge expenditure of blood and treasure.
Posted by: Beagle at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Baldy at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:41 AM (Sg0G/)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, channeling Grumpycat at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (zUi7I)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (2evqn)
Posted by: Body Builder at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (DrC22)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:42 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: ina_galship at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (o6B4x)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (XvrTA)
It's not the brand of phone, but the carrier infrastructure. They just have to copy the cell traffic data going through their routers and switches.
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (FcR7P)
So the NSA was tracking all of Verizon's subscribers to find terrorists, huh? Have they defined what a terrorist is yet? While most of us think "jihadi" when we hear the word terrorist, it's become clear that the Obama Admin automatically thinks "Tea Party, right-wind nutbag."
Posted by: Lizzy at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (jvnuj)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (baL2B)
I remember when terrorists where foreign guys who blew shit up. Wow, how times have changed.
So, the govt drones think the Tea Party is the greatest risk of terror to their pensions? That does not make them seem very intelligent.
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:43 AM (OQpzc)
Hey, don't forget us coastal GA morons/ettes. We're getting wind and rain now, and the bulk of it will hit us later this evening. We're under TS and flood advisories now.
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:44 AM (lVPtV)
May the odds be ever in your favour!
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:44 AM (GQ8sn)
If not, audits and fines! Plus they get to lord it over you.
Years ago, my dad's business was audited. He had to drag out all sorts of paperwork (this was in the 1950's) and go to their offices.
When it turned out he was all ok, the agent put his feet on his desk and said, "Well, you can keep it. We'll just get it next year."
Took all he had in him not to slug the guy.
Posted by: Miss Marple at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (GoIUi)
Oh yeah...
Shelter-in-place all you lower SE area morons/ettes!
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: BignJames at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (Sg0G/)
^^^this, please, this^^^
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:45 AM (lVPtV)
Anyone who makes a point of saying he's not resigning is already dog meat.
Just like Bear Stearns announced that they had no liquidity problems - and filed for bankruptcy two days later.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (Z2Bkq)
Posted by: jakeman at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (96M6e)
the death, and the last one standing gets to became an American Hero by
instituting a flat tax.
The IRS line dance team will be the first to fall.
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (GQ8sn)
The differences between Obammy's phone spying and Bush's version of the program are the same as the differences between Fast and Furious and Wide Receiver, but reversed:
Operation Wide Receiver sold guns equipped with RFID chips to Mexican cartels. These guns were tracked and interdicted at the border. An effort was made to prevent the guns from falling into the cartels' hands.
Bush's phone surveillance program focused on phone records specifically connected to terrorist directories, and did not apply to purely domestic calls. An effort was made to focus attention on known terrorism hotbeds and between individuals or groups suspected of terrorist activity, while not invading the privacy of purely domestic phone calls between parties who were under no suspicion of wrongdoing.
Operation Fast and Furious forced gun dealers to sell weapons to straw purchasers for Mexican drug cartels. These guns were not tracked in any way, were not interdicted before crossing into Mexico, and could not be identified unless and until they showed up at the actual scene of a crime. No effort was made to prevent guns from getting into the hands of Mexican cartels, and anyone who protested was either blacklisted or told to sit down and shut up.
Obammy's phone surveillance is a sweeping demand for EVERY SINGLE PHONE RECORD of EVERY VERIZON CUSTOMER, regardless of whether they're under suspicion of a wrongdoing or not, made during a three month period. This includes ALL calls, not just those made to foreign countries. If youc all your hairdresser to set up an appointment, the NSA knows. The information turned over to the NSA includes:
"...the phone numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as are location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls...."
I'm trying to figure out what "unique identifiers" might be beyond phone number and location. Perhaps the names of the parties involved? Their SSNs? Who the hell knows?
I had my problems with Bush, but at least I can believe that he DIDN'T want to snoop on everyday Americans going about their daily lives. With Obammy? Every single suspicion I've ever had about him just keeps getting more and more likely to be true by the day.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:46 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: zsasz at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 01:42 PM (2evqn)
Who doesn't have a homeless guy go buy his burner for a pint?
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 01:43 PM (baL2B)
Great comment and the hash, priceless.
I heard you have been sick. Best wishes and get well.
Posted by: The jackhole at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (nTgAI)
WHOA
Christie just appointed his state AG and former chief of staff Jeffrey Chiesa to the Senate.
My husband works in the AG office. I will get some scoop on this and report back.
Posted by: rockmom at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (Q4elb)
FIFY.
Also, I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 09:47 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: James Madison at June 06, 2013 09:48 AM (Ohwkv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:48 AM (da5Wo)
SIM card #.
They could put together a map of all the places your SIM card # shows up at, effectively creating a trail of places you've been to and made a call from. I'm not sure if they could dig deep enough to create a real-time map of your position by pinging your cell every so often.
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: toby928 at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:49 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: John the Steadfast, the Elector of Saxony at June 06, 2013 09:50 AM (Ohwkv)
Posted by: ina_galship at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (o6B4x)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: ejo at June 06, 2013 09:51 AM (GXvSO)
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (XUKZU
lol
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Marcus at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Mainah at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (659DL)
Posted by: no good deed at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (mjR67)
Vital to national security: which toppings I order on my pizza.
Not vital to national security: border fence.
Posted by: WalrusRex at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (XUKZU)
FF kept them in the dark.
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (fWAjv)
Excellent point. Yes, absolutely key.
Which is another thing different about Obammy and Bush:
Bush - didn't provide weapons to the enemies of the people and the government on our southern border, which would in any other instance easily be construed as an act of war.
Obama - Did.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 09:52 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: LaQuisha Largess at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (3lMGK)
Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 09:53 AM (Ks0w4)
Isn't that a misuse of wiretap data?
Posted by: Marcus at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: CozMark at June 06, 2013 01:53 PM (FBE0g)
"The balls on this fucking guy are huge, heavy and low."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (4df7R)
These scandals and Obama's inaction with the perps is just more evidence to me that Obama is nothing but a puppet. The real power people are behind the scenes calling the shots. I don't know who they are but Obama is just their mouthpiece.
Posted by: polynikes at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Jaws at June 06, 2013 09:54 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: ina_galship at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (o6B4x)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (7ObY1)
Jennifer Granholm circa 1978 for the win.
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 09:55 AM (B/VB5)
I just got a call from Holder. He asked me what I was wearing and then just started breathing really heavy. It was kinda weird.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Harlequin at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (0cEfC)
Oh please let this happen. Obama can't pardon him, and he'd have to work with the Mexican government (the guys who were not notified of his F and F shenanigans).
IIRC some connected politicos were killed with F and F guns, not just nameless citizens and drug dealers.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (jvnuj)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 01:49 PM (fWAjv)
And they don't care. Even Mexican peasants don't care if you shoot other Mexican peasants. As long as the shooter is Mexican, it's all good.
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 01:53 PM (Ks0w4
Stay safe!
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (lVPtV)
This goes a good bit beyond that - this was calls completely within the US.
But maybe somebody can put me some knowledge - I thought the NSA had this capability for years, since they intercept just about everything with SIGINT.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at June 06, 2013 09:56 AM (TpXEI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:57 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 06, 2013 09:57 AM (zA7Zp)
Its bad enough reading this. I just had a Census worker leave my front door. Earlier this winter I had received a survey, I returned it by saying there were 2 people who live here and we both worked.
So the survey lady starts asking me what my name is and my wife's name. I asked what the hell does this have to do with a survey. Then she got into demographics such as marriages, divorces, whens, and then the money. I politely told her to each of her ? I don't recall.
So since I am a right winger, defiant to the Census bureau, am a Verizon subscriber guess my days as a practicing Moron are numbered.
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 06, 2013 09:57 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at June 06, 2013 01:57 PM (da5Wo)
Watch your shins, BC.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (4df7R)
But buying 40s of malt liquor, cigarettes, and lotto tickets with EBT cards doesn't?
Posted by: Fritz at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (UzPAd)
In a just world Holder would have never survived the Fast and Furious debacle.
I believe that Barky and Stedman are very close friends and Stedman will follow his leader's wishes no matter what. I believe that Stedman holds a lot of secrets about grades, birth certificates, social security cards, etc.
Posted by: cheri at June 06, 2013 09:58 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Fritz at June 06, 2013 01:58 PM (UzPAd)
Of course not! That would be racist. Or homophobic. Or Islamophobic. Or... something. Some kind of blatant bigotry. CLEARLY.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/u][/i] at June 06, 2013 09:59 AM (4df7R)
Unless you place your calls from Benghazi. Total privacy there.
Posted by: t-bird at June 06, 2013 01:43 PM (FcR7P)
If they are spying on me they are getting a soupcon of boredom and tracking my Sephora and Garnet Hill sales records, or my most recent research into a day moisturizer and sunscreen. A few emails to friends of funny events (such as comments on last night's Telegraph festival of le Mooch). Building pipe bombs? Insurrection? Nah.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 09:59 AM (baL2B)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at June 06, 2013 09:59 AM (Up4f+)
Someone didn't watch "The Hot Spot".
That movie is FULL. OF. WIN!!!
Posted by: EC at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Jaws at June 06, 2013 01:54 PM (4I3Uo)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (fWAjv)
the key ones would be your cell's IMEI number and MAC addresses associated with VOIP calls. Beyond that you get into tinfoil hat land - voiceprints, known noise signatures, etc.
Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (CMlD4)
I mean, why get another subpoena for the AP or James Rosen. They already have the records?
Posted by: Marcus at June 06, 2013 10:00 AM (GGCsk)
Posted by: AmishDude at June 06, 2013 10:01 AM (T0NGe)
Seriously, where the hell is he?
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 02:00 PM (fWAjv
Its that time of month, he's either douching or trying out tampons that useless piece of estrogen.
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 06, 2013 10:02 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at June 06, 2013 10:02 AM (zA7Zp)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at June 06, 2013 10:02 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: RWC at June 06, 2013 10:03 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:03 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 10:03 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: MostlyRight at June 06, 2013 10:04 AM (w9AQ4)
Posted by: no good deed at June 06, 2013 10:05 AM (mjR67)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at June 06, 2013 01:56 PM (4df7R)
Nope. That one was me.
Sorry.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, The Colossus of Independence at June 06, 2013 10:05 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Future Hope at June 06, 2013 10:06 AM (sij/R)
Posted by: ejo at June 06, 2013 01:51 PM (GXvSO)
No one mentions they just set the vaccination program back to the dark ages as well. Now, yes there is proof the US Govt does use it for intel purposes.
Fucking tragic.
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:06 AM (OQpzc)
We're now under a tornado warning here in SW FL - one of my employees
just got an emergency alert: take cover now. Which is what we are doing.
Posted by: Marybeth at June 06, 2013 01:53 PM (Ks0w4
Stay safe!
Posted by: Dr. Jane D'oh at June 06, 2013 01:56 PM (lVPtV)
Stay safe, Marybeth.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 10:06 AM (baL2B)
Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:07 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 10:07 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 06, 2013 10:07 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:08 AM (CMlD4)
Worried yet?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 06, 2013 10:08 AM (jvnuj)
Posted by: Marmo at June 06, 2013 10:10 AM (QW+AD)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 10:10 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:13 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at June 06, 2013 02:07 PM (VtjlW)
Ruby Ridge has gone high tech. Of course, one hellfire per non-conformist will break the bank. Just don't gather in large groups.
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:14 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 06, 2013 02:10 PM (B/VB5)
I am taking my expensive gin with me. Here on Coast they are mostly puny water spouts who could kill but are nothing like the 2.6 mile monster in Oklahoma. We had one, about 15 yrs ago, shoot from river, skirt right next to house, and tear off tile roof of a shopping center east of us. Husband and one son saw debris flying and got in a closet. Damage was a shredded screen and fireplace doors opened (glass doors) from downdraft and shot soot 5 feet across a room. They said you could hear the concrete block/stucco walls creaking. It was a 1 on scale. Oh, and it did sound like a train.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, radicalized Redneck Queen at June 06, 2013 10:15 AM (baL2B)
That's when having the mineral rights to the coal seam in your basement come in handy.
Posted by: Jean at June 06, 2013 10:15 AM (CMlD4)
They immediately got moved into the 'do not let in lifeboat' category.
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. - John Keats
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 06, 2013 10:15 AM (2evqn)
Posted by: Marmo at June 06, 2013 02:10 PM (QW+AD)
Simple. All they had to do was re-define terrorist as anyone who opposed the endless growth of government. They can't afford to expend resources on foreign terror when there are so many potential terrorists here in the Fatherland.
Posted by: Ook? at June 06, 2013 10:17 AM (OQpzc)
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