Freewill
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Here is ONE judges opinion on the NSA spying, which I can't believe anyone defends. You need to read this article to realize how contorted the defense of the NSA spying really has become.
N.Y. Judge: NSA Spying ?Imperils Civil Liberties of Every Citizen? but ?Legal?
N.Y. Judge: NSA Spying “Imperils Civil Liberties of Every Citizen” but “Legal”
Southern District of New York Judge William Pauley III declared in a December 27 decision that the NSA surveillance program — which draws in every American's telephone records without a warrant or probable cause — was “legal” even though it “imperils the civil liberties of every citizen.” The decision contrasts sharply with a decision two weeks ago by Washington, D.C. District Court Judge Richard Leon that termed the warrantless surveillance program unconstitutional and “almost Orwellian.”
Almost Orwellian was no problem for Pauley, who found that the Constitution should not get in the way of programs the government claims have worked: “The question for this Court is whether the Government's bulk telephony metadata program is lawful. This Court finds it is.”
N.Y. Judge: NSA Spying ?Imperils Civil Liberties of Every Citizen? but ?Legal?
N.Y. Judge: NSA Spying “Imperils Civil Liberties of Every Citizen” but “Legal”
Southern District of New York Judge William Pauley III declared in a December 27 decision that the NSA surveillance program — which draws in every American's telephone records without a warrant or probable cause — was “legal” even though it “imperils the civil liberties of every citizen.” The decision contrasts sharply with a decision two weeks ago by Washington, D.C. District Court Judge Richard Leon that termed the warrantless surveillance program unconstitutional and “almost Orwellian.”
Almost Orwellian was no problem for Pauley, who found that the Constitution should not get in the way of programs the government claims have worked: “The question for this Court is whether the Government's bulk telephony metadata program is lawful. This Court finds it is.”