Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying

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1. "Section 215 authorized the government to obtain certain business records only"

REP. JOHN CONYERS: We never at any point during this debate have approved the type of unchecked, sweeping surveillance of United States citizens employed by our government in the name of fighting the war on terrorism. Section 215 authorized the government to obtain certain business records only if it can show to the FISA court that the records are relevant to an ongoing national security investigation. Now, what we think we have here is a situation in which if the government cannot provide a clear, public explanation for how its program is consistent with the statute, then it must stop collecting this information immediately. And so, this metadata problem, to me, has gotten quite far out of hand, even given the seriousness of the problems that surround it and created its need.

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2. Jimmy Carter Was Right!

So we now have secret courts determining what's constitutional? And our constitutional scholar president with a "D" behind his name is OK with this? I'm sure this can will get kicked even farther down the road when the next Republican president gets behind the wheel.