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FISA Court opinion details secret Patriot Act interpretation used for NSA spying (uscourts.gov)
7 points by wlj on Sept 17, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"The sole purpose of this production is to obtain foreign intelligence information in support of [redacted, a quantity?] individual authorized investigations to protect against international terrorism and concerning various international terrorist organizations."

So collecting records of my mother's (domestic) phone calls serves this?

EDIT: Also interesting: "no recipient of any section 215 Order has challenged the legality of such an Order, despite the explicit statutory mechanism for doing so." Thanks Verizon, AT&T, et al!




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