Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records

Re:Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Ameri... by dguaraglia on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @12:24PM (#9341883)

Why the DEA and not the NSA? I wonder if there's any political motivation about it.

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Re:Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Ameri... by tsotha on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @02:29PM (#9342790)

It's going to be a lot harder for the DEA to assert some sort of national security privilege.

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Re:Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Ameri... by dguaraglia on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @02:39PM (#9342847)

This is actually a good point. Then it'd be easier to leverage a potential positive outcome from this case to put a fire under the NSA and other agencies doing this. I like it.

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Re:Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Ameri... by 0x5f3759df-i on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @12:59PM (#9342170)

The NSA is already being sued in at least 4 different cases that I can think of off the top of my head.

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Re:Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Ameri... by skywhopper on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @01:36PM (#9342437)

Because the DEA is operating a separate program from the NSA's.

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Re:Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Ameri... by angersock on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @01:53PM (#9342548)

NSA doesn't kick down doors.

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