DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 WASHINGTON - A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, a deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people's private communications and financial information. Kerr's comments come as Congress is taking a second look at the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act. Lawmakers hastily changed the 1978 law last summer to allow the government to eavesdrop inside the United States without court permission, so long as one end of the conversation was reasonably believed to be located outside the U.S. The original law required a court order for any surveillance conducted on U.S. soil, to protect Americans' privacy. The White House argued that the law was obstructing intelligence gathering. The most contentious issue in the new legislation is whether to shield telecommunications companies from civil lawsuits for allegedly giving the government access to people's private e-mails and phone calls without a court order between 2001 and 2007. Some lawmakers, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, appear reluctant to grant immunity. Suits might be the only way to determine how far the government has burrowed into people's privacy without court permission. The committee is expected to decide this week whether its version of the bill will protect telecommunications companies. The central witness in a California lawsuit against AT&T says the government is vacuuming up billions of e-mails and phone calls as they pass through an AT&T switching station in San Francisco. Mark Klein, a retired AT&T technician, helped connect a device in 2003 that he says diverted and copied onto a government supercomputer every call, e-mail, and Internet site access on AT&T lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deloner Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Fuck the US. :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat Bush Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 You're "right" to privacy is interferring with our domestic spying capabilities. I'll take that away too, thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceLeroy Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 NEW WORLD ORDER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 i love how the government can change the meanings of words for our safety and security Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 EVERYONE BE CAREFUL OF THE PHONE COMPANIES THINK ABOUT IT THEY HAVE YOUR NAME THEY KNOW YOUR NUMBER THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE THEY HAVE YOUR VOICE SIGNATURE AND WITH WIRELESS COMPANIES THEY CAN PINPOINT YOUR LOCATION AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!! THEYRE JUST FRONT COMPANIES FOR THE NSA AND CIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avancier2 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 Sure, but then Verizon told me that my lost phone could not be located via GPS when I lost that shit. The fuck it couldnt. Makes sense, so then I would have to buy another one, or pay the deductible for the phone insurance. Yet, if I murdered someone and became a suspect, my phone location could be verified at the time of the murder. Motherfuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 uhhh have you guys heard of crossfire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsycripsy420 Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 thank you^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 well shit looks like we got another Casek follower with this government crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 uhhh have you guys heard of crossfire? Eat a dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 well shit looks like we got another Casek follower with this government crap ^Looks like we got another dickeatin sheepster with this apathetic crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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