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Re:Could Glenn Greenwald go to jail? The law is alarmingly m... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @04:13PM (#5948692)
> The FISA was changed to require warrants in 2008

No, it wasn't. FISA always required warrants for certain surveillance, and the 2008 FISA Amendment Act increased the time period for warrantless surveillance, and added new exceptions to the warrant requirements, and it explicitly blocked investigations of illegal wiretapping that had occurred before the Act.

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Re:Could Glenn Greenwald go to jail? The law is alarmingly m... by mpyne on Wednesday June 26, 2013 @04:40PM (#5948870)
Well that was not what I had heard, so I'll assume I'm mistaken and apologize.

And then go read the damn law for myself. (Perhaps it's a good thing I mentioned Obama wasn't President at that time. :O)

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