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Imagine being proud of the use of the national shame that is FISA Section 702.

The rot runs deep.



They took down a ransomware crew. What exactly is the problem here?


FISA hearings and processes are very secretive and unconstitutional. We've become accustomed to intelligence agencies blatantly violating our rights but it's okay because it might stop criminals.


and unconstitutional

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means


That doesn't really argue anything. The ACLU thinks it's unconstitutional too and lists the reasons here: https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/legal-documents/asse...


There's a huge gap between "The ACLS thinks something is unconstitutional" to the thing actually being unconstitutional.

The ACLU is free to challenge the law in the supreme court. If the supreme court rules in their favor, then the law is unconstitutional..


The state claims state secrets and prevents jurisdiction/standing when these laws are challenged. It doesn’t work.

There is a large body of history about these unconstitutional laws at this point. It would be wise of anyone willing to make such claims to orient themselves with the current status quo and how we arrived here.


This assumes an infallible judicial system which ours is NOT. I find the blind trust in the courts a very boring and unhelpful take. What do you personally think about FISA, Patriot Act, etc.. which makes it easy for the government to spy on its own citizens?




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