10.06.2013 - 12:34 [ techdirt ]

The Real Scandal: Not That The NSA Broke The Law In Vast Spying, But That It Probably Didn‘t

This is why many of us have been trying to call attention to things like warrantless wiretapping and the FISA Amendments Act and the privacy-destroying immunities of CISPA for years. Because those in power keeping screaming „terrorists!“ to get Congress to pass these laws, and then everyone‘s shocked (shocked!) when the government goes and does what Congress and the courts have specifically allowed.