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In reply to the discussion: Members of Congress Denied Access to Basic Information About NSA [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)The apologia for the NSA's total surveillance programs include the absurd idea that collected information doesn't count as having been collected somehow until a later review (with the secret blanket-search "warrant" as opposed to an actual warrant).
So they collect and store EVERYTHING and then claim this wasn't a search. And sooner or later, they will be looking into collected information with a "warrant" for every possible reason and learning shit they're not supposed to know. One "terrorist" search might qualify them to look into millions of people.
And then the motherfuckers want to make excuses that it's okay because in the flood of legislation some part of it was openly read on the House floor five or ten years ago, what weren't you watching C-SPAN that hour?
Meanwhile, EIGHTY BILLION out of the federal budget is SECRET. An unaccountable, deep state empire.
FUCK THIS.