Sunday, May 14

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Gee the NSA is monitoring domestic phone calls. I wish I could say I was surprised, but in today's political headroom, I can believe it. This could be quite interesting:

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Section 2702 of Title 18, part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, provides that "a provider of ... electronic communication service [including telephone service] to the public shall not knowingly divulge a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of such service ... to any governmental entity" without the customer's consent or a subpoena or court order. Under section 2707, carriers face civil liability, including minimum damages of $1,000 per violation, punitive damages, and attorneys fees. Government employees who participated in a violation also may face administrative discipline.

The mininum fines could be quite astronomical, if this ever gets in front of a judge. Welcome to 1984, Orwell was just a little ahead of his time.

Calling this a facist state is a misnomer, but I don't know what else to call it. The Constitution has been eroded severely, and the people that should be correcting this won't. They either think it helps them, they believe in the "cause" of trading freedom for security, both, or I don't know.

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