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KeepItReal

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Wed Jul 3, 2013, 11:58 AM Jul 2013

FISA Court Judges Aren't Happy That The Public Is Upset...

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FISA Court Judges Aren't Happy That The Public Is Upset Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings Allowing NSA To Spy On Them

Shockingly, it appears that the various judges who make up the secretive FISA Court, which issues secret rulings on secret interpretations of the law that allow the government to spy on Americans, aren't particularly happy about the sudden attention they're getting. In fact, they're complaining that the claims that they're a rubber stamp are unfair, and that they're human beings too. Specifically, they're upset about the recent leaked revelations that include an inspector general's report about some FISA court activities:

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, the former chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, took the highly unusual step Friday of voicing open frustration at the account in the report and court’s inability to explain its decisions.
“In my view, that draft report contains major omissions, and some inaccuracies, regarding the actions I took as Presiding Judge of the FISC and my interactions with Executive Branch officials,” Kollar-Kotelly said in a statement to The Post. It was her first public comment describing her work on the intelligence court.
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FISA Court Judges Aren't Happy That The Public Is Upset... (Original Post) KeepItReal Jul 2013 OP
They should be upset that the heads of major law firms have learned about the spying on them, AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #1
 

AnotherMcIntosh

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1. They should be upset that the heads of major law firms have learned about the spying on them,
Wed Jul 3, 2013, 12:09 PM
Jul 2013

and that other judges have likewise learned about the spying on them.

How are any of the FISA Court judges going to attend ABA meetings without somebody of influence asking about their disreputable acts of trashing the Constitution?

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