Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

tsk tsk tsk.. goodness, you haven't posted on how the worst 'Master Spy on Americans' was caught yet ?

..........;) It was the talk of the town since last nite and of course STILL is.. ;) .. please, you are really really falling down on your smear campaign against the President, how could you? .... ;)

anyway, some facts. As usual, nothing new here....

2. Collecting Massive Amounts of Cell Phone Data is Legal, For Now: According to the court, information like phone numbers and call duration is considered “metadata” and can therefore be acquired by government agencies without individual warrants. The court order was signed by Roger Vinson, a federal judge in the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and a U.S. District Court judge in northern Florida.

3. But Telling Americans That Their Data is Being Collected Isn’t Legal: The order specifically forbids Verizon from informing customers (or anyone else) that their data is being collected, stating “no person shall disclose to any other person that the FBI or the NSA has sought or obtained tangible things under this Order.”

4. The Government Has Done This Before: In 2006 USA Today reported that the NSA had a similarly expansive database of cellular data, not only from Verizon but also from AT&T and BellSouth. That program was launched as part of the push for tighter security and surveillance in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Despite public uproar and several lawsuits against cell phone carriers following the revelation, the NSA never officially announced that the database was shut down. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a lobbying group that promotes digital privacy, still has pending litigation seeking to curtail the NSA’s practices.

there's more Rooster, ;) listen this is good juicy story and they will milk it for jeeeeze, I don't know how long ........I
do know we dragged it out with bush for .......well, HECK! .. we never forgot it .. !!!!!!! ......;) .. so.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/05/7-things-to-know-about-the-governments-secret-database-of-cellular-data/#ixzz2VPl7KO4R