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Re:Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have t... by at-fates-hands on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @01:02PM (#5900497)
Agreed. Once you learn how FISA works, it gets pretty scary:

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/18/is-there-a-leak-at-the...

"Remember, in a FISA court, there is no equivalent of a defense attorney speaking on behalf of the person being investigated. It is not an adversarial court. Nobody speaks for you, Joe Citizen. The government makes its case, and the judge either says, “okay,” or “no, I’m not convinced.”"

- Since the start of the War on Terror more than 11 years ago, the court has denied just 10 applications, and modified several dozen, while approving more than 15,000.

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Re:Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have t... by rayiner on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @01:08PM (#5900540)
It's not an adversarial court because its powers are circumscribed to issuing warrants and subpoena orders, which are not adversarial processes in any court (at least, any court in the U.S. that I'm aware of).
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Re:Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have t... by tsaoutourpants on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @01:43PM (#5900767)
You're basically right, but other courts have processes for review of incorrectly issued warrants and subpoenas. With the FISA court, if you were incorrectly watched, you'll probably never even know.
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Re:Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have t... by fnordfnordfnord on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:26PM (#5901414)
Unless you wind up on a no-fly list.
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Re:Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have t... by tsaoutourpants on Tuesday June 18, 2013 @03:49PM (#5901568)
Being worked on by a couple of civ rights orgs at the moment!
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Re:Want to File a Motion in the FISA Court? First You Have t... by pseingatl on Wednesday June 19, 2013 @09:23AM (#5905361)
Subpoenas are subject to a motion to quash and third-party subpoenas are quashed all the time.
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