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Perry Metzger on NSA surveillance of US citizens    [ Politics ]

"As you may all be aware, the New York Times has reported, and the administration has admitted, that President of the United States apparently ordered the NSA to conduct surveillance operations against US citizens without prior permission of the secret court known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (the "FISC"). This is in clear contravention of 50 USC 1801 - 50 USC 1811, a portion of the US code that provides for clear criminal penalties for violations.
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The President claims he has the prerogative to order such surveillance. The law unambiguously disagrees with him."

- from A Small Editorial About Recent Events by Perry Metzger.