Re:The NSA slide you haven’t seen
by mpyne on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @04:56PM
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Well all metadata wouldn't work as that could be used to intercept U.S. persons' data. The warrant/NSL would have to list by name/UID at the very least, but once it's established that the UID in question is foreign and a part of an investigation then you are right that the warrant/NSL can be very broad.
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How can you say "all metadata wouldn't work"? Thanks to Snowden, here's the full single FISC order which says "give the all metadata you have":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/jun/06/veri...
Moreover the language it was written implies that the same order was made to the other providers, changing just the recipient.
(If you are on the network which blocks access to Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/28/us-army-blocks-g... you're missing a lot! Visit some friends, surf from their computer.)
Actually, yes, the feds are using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to get FISC orders on all metadata of Americans' domestic phone and internet communications from ISPs and phone companies. The feds are leveraging a theory that you have no privacy interest in your metadata, thus no 4th Amendment violation.
It's not clear at all that this is legal, especially given the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Jones, requiring warrants for GPS tracking of automobiles.