• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    FISA reauthorization, happens all the time.

    Although, if it did any good you’d think maybe they’d have something to show for it?

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        1 year ago

        Exactly. Where was the wiretapping there? Shit, we didn’t even NEED a wiretap, Trump tweeted that shit and gave a giant speech on the mall and they still didn’t catch it.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not admissible in court, is it? Maybe that’s why they have nothing to show for it? Obviously, that makes it pretty useless.

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        Useless for justice, but if there was no purpose it wouldnt keep getting renewed. Information is power even if its never used.

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        Parallel construction is their trick and is totally cool and fully legal according to our courts. We have no rights, only temporary freedoms.

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        That’s a fun thought experiment. One way I think this could work is you find out someone is doing something illegal, so you have someone call in an “anonymous tip” which you use to get a search warrant, find what you already know is there, and then it’s fully “legal”