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the NSA however, make its
* operations more difficult to control within the restrictions of the Federal
* wiretapping and surveillance laws.
*
* According to the 1975 report of the Special Senate Intelligence Committee,
* the agency has equipment that "sweeps up enormous numbers of communications,
* not all of which can be reviewed by intelligence analysts."
*
* Using "watch lists" --- lists of words and phrases designed to identify
* communications of intelligence interest --- NSA computers scan the mass of
* acquired communications to select those which may be of specific foreign
* intelligence interest", the report said.
*
* The court ruled Fourth Amendment rights were not violated.
*
* The Senate investigation in 1975 uncovered evidence the overseas
* communications of a number of individuals engaged in organizing
* political protests against the war in Vietnam were subjected to
* surveillance by the NSA equipment.


Mini-recap:

o The NSA can listen in on all American citizens' border-crossing
communications of any sort without a warrant or any other court
procedure, and effectively distribute that information to any and
all local law-enforcement agencies. And foreign governments.

Loss of Fourth Amendment rights.

Not even discussed with the American public.

Not even debated by our elected representatives.

o Domestic law enforcement agencies can request, receive, and widely
disseminate this information without any laws interfering. A major
blurring of the lines between Military and civilian control.

o Requests for political reasons are acceptable. (last paragraph)

o The NSA uses a huge number of computers to listen for "key words"
on "watch lists" for ALL