9th Circuit Rules Spy Program Illegal...

[Rightguide]

This could be an important ruling on NSA operational practice:


Appeals court rules NSA spying program illegal but upholds terror convictions

September 03, 2020 Kristina Davis - The San Diego Union-Tribune

A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed down a long-anticipated opinion in the case of four Somali men convicted of aiding terrorists, ruling that the government illegally collected the telephone metadata of millions of Americans as part of a sweeping surveillance program.

Even so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of the four men, ruling that the warrantless intelligence-gathering program did not taint the evidence presented during the San Diego prosecution.

The spying program was discontinued in 2015 after being roiled in debate.

The opinion, by a three-judge panel, comes seven years after the men were found guilty by a jury, and four years after the case was argued in front of the 9th Circuit.

The case garnered widespread attention following revelations from former National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the government had been collecting domestic and foreign metadata on telephone calls for nearly a decade. His public disclosure in 2013 came four months after the trial, and the Somali case became a real-life example, as described in congressional hearings, of how that surveillance led to criminal prosecutions.

More here:

https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...ogram-illegal-but-upholds-terror-convictions/

 

[Conager]

"The spring program was discontinued in 2015."

Not likely. They may have given it a snazzy new name or moved to a different, non-descript sounding government agency, but government gives nothing back

 

[Rightguide]

"The spring program was discontinued in 2015."

Not likely. They may have given it a snazzy new name or moved to a different, non-descript sounding government agency, but government gives nothing back

You can bet "The Hammer" still exists.

 

[oneblueye]

hey ...

"The spring program was discontinued in 2015."

Not likely. They may have given it a snazzy new name or moved to a different, non-descript sounding government agency, but government gives nothing back

just like the SR71 Blackbird, just like the psychic warrior/remote viewing, just countless other programs we will never know --, the Govt never gives up something that works ---even if it only works a little bit . UNLESS- they have a line on something better.

 

[FGB]

"The spying program was discontinued in 2015 after being roiled in debate."

Have you learned NOTHING Grasshopper?

Things such as these are never truly terminated unless they are so outdated they are useless.

They either swap names,agencies or/and countries or go Ghost.

 

[Rightguide]

"The spying program was discontinued in 2015 after being roiled in debate."

Have you learned NOTHING Grasshopper?

Things such as these are never truly terminated unless they are so outdated they are useless.

They either swap names,agencies or/and countries or go Ghost.

So true. Bill Binney warned us about the existence of "The Hammer" years ago. He all but built it, and when he realized it was being misused he blew the whistle on it. I suspect that system as ground shakingly advanced as it was then, has no doubt been refined, improved, and brought to terrifying new levels of AI intrusive effectiveness. All they need to completely close the loop on our liberty is the institution of digital currency.