Let's Be Clear, say Legal Experts, What NSA Is Doing Is 'Criminal'

[msanthrope]

87. Apparently I have been paying better attention. You have made the fantastical claim that all

communication of all Americans is being collected and stored somewhere. You claim that millions of Americans are being 'illegally wiretapped.' s

You've provided not a shred of evidence to support these notions. Depositions from 2006, a pdf, and Snowden's bullshit do not prove this.

As for James Clapper, again--what does that prove? You say he lied to Congress. Okay....how does that prove your claim that the communication of all Americans is being collected and stored somewhere? That millions of Americans are being 'illegally wiretapped'--is an entirely fantastical claim with no basis in evidence. Metadata collection by companies is not illegal. The FISA warrants--not illegal.

FYI--are you serious? James Sensenbrenner isn't a Senator. And I didn't need to go law school to figure that out. Do you really, really, think that the Republican Rep who introduced the Patriot Act on the House floor and who gets briefed on Section 215 of the Patriot Act (FISA data collection) by law every six months per section 502 is credible when he makes public claims about what he did, and didn't know? He's on House Judiciary--and they get briefed, by law.

You think the claims of a House Manager for the impeachment of President Clinton is a credible source on anything? You have got to be kidding. That man led the charge in the House to impeach the last Democratic President in order to bring Congressional business to a halt and help the 2000 election. You want to talk gullible? I think falling for the same dog and pony show the Repukes pulled 15 years ago certainly is.

You've got nothing. And quoting a Republican who led the charge to impeach the last Democratic President as your 'proof' does not bolster your claims.