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Re:NSA statement does not deny 'spying' on members of Congress by kashkhan on Saturday January 04, 2014 @08:40PM (#7014028)
Where would you draw the line on spying? Any american citizen is potentially a criminal threatening the republic.
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Re:NSA statement does not deny 'spying' on members of Congress by a3n on Saturday January 04, 2014 @08:55PM (#7014083)
The people who wrote the Constitution drew the line at "specific suspicion."

Amendment IV http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/fourth_amendment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and NO WARRANTS SHALL ISSUE, BUT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE, SUPPORTED BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION, AND PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING THE PLACE TO BE SEARCHED, AND THE PERSONS OR THINGS TO BE SEIZED.

That's where I would draw the line.

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Re:NSA statement does not deny 'spying' on members of Congress by mhurron on Saturday January 04, 2014 @08:46PM (#7014043)
> Where would you draw the line on spying?

At none.

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