A Liberal's View : Data Mining is the Issue

ENCRYPTION WORKS!!!!! say goodbye to NSA!!!
https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/encryption-works

https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/sites/default/files/encryption_works.pdf

HERE WE GO AGAIN----JULY FISA 3 MONTH METADATA RENEWAL

of course new info is that they just ask for passwords
http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/are-the-feds-asking-tech-companies-for-user-passwords/278126/

DATA MINING IS THE ISSUE---NOT Snowden, Wikileaks, Greenwald, Bush versus Obama, etc.

Amendment 4

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

4th Amendment

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18637/18637-h/18637-h.htm#Page_823

4th Amendment and Electronic Surveillance

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/electronic_surveillance

4th Amendment Caselaw on Eavesdropping

http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/html/amdt4frag4_user.html#amdt4_hd37

History of Understanding 4th Amendment and courts
https://ssd.eff.org/wire/govt/wiretapping-protections

FISA court secretly broadens NSA powers

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/in-secret-court-vastly-broadens-powers-of-nsa.html

“”All of the current 11 judges, who serve seven-year terms, were appointed to the special court by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and 10 of them were nominated to the bench by Republican presidents. Most hail from districts outside the capital and come in rotating shifts to hear surveillance applications; a single judge signs most surveillance orders, which totaled nearly 1,800 last year. None of the requests from the intelligence agencies was denied, according to the court.””

COLLECTING THE DATA IS THE ISSUE----
http://jonathanturley.org/2013/07/13/what-arent-they-collecting/

WIRED PROFILE ON NSA DIRECTOR KEITH ALEXANDER---towards waging cyberwar
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/

NSA says ""we only listen to potential terrorists and those they talk to"" (but actually that's everyone)
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/nsa-spokesman-accidentally-admits-that-the-government-is-spying-on-all-americans.html

Meet Judge Roger Vinson

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/06/06/judge-vinson-gets-second-turn-in-spotlight/

BUSH program

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/washington/18spycnd.html

FBI and Bush illegal wiretapping program

http://libdem2.blogspot.com/2013/06/fbi-bush-and-illegal-wiretaps.html

Supreme Court Rules GPS tracking is Unconstitutional

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/us/police-use-of-gps-is-ruled-unconstitutional.html?pagewanted=all

NSA General Alexander must correct Fact Sheet

http://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/blog/post/wyden-and-udall-to-general-alexander-nsa-must-correct-inaccurate-statement-in-fact-sheet

NSA bulk email collection program