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U.S. Government Using Secretive FISA Rules to Spy on Journalists

posted by takyon on Saturday January 05 2019, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the foreignicated-domestic-agents dept.

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US Government Using Secretive FISA Rules to Spy on Journalists

Documents recently obtained by the Freedom of the Press Foundation reveal troubling facts about how the government is secretly using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to spy on journalists. The documents were released as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by the Freedom of the Press Foundation and Columbia University's Knights First Amendment Institute. These newly declassified memos confirm suspicions long held by civil liberties advocates that the government is using and abusing FISA court orders to conduct intrusive surveillance on reporters they deem as "foreign agents" and on those reporters' contacts.

By using FISA, the Department of Justice circumvents traditional court systems that have long protected journalists from invasive and illegal spying practices. [...] Memos made public through the FOIA request reveal that it is highly likely that both the Trump and Obama administrations have spied on journalists they considered "foreign agents" and anyone with whom they may have been in contact.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Saturday January 05 2019, @05:13PM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday January 05 2019, @05:13PM (#782551) Journal

    My friend was an independent journalist who exposed local government corruption Project Veritas-style, and he was executed by jackbooted government thugs. He had his hands up and tried to surrender peacefully but they filled him and his friendly Boston Terrier full of lead. Then they filled his wife full of lead while she was in the shower. Then they set his condo on fire, and shot all the residents who tried to flee the burning building. Then 2 airliners crashed into the upper floors of the building and caused the thermite in the basement to ignite, demolishing the whole building. Then they bulldozed the wreckage and the guy who bulldozed the wreckage was found dead via three-shot suicide.

    Gee, it's a good thing you managed to record all that and upload it to WorldStar.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 05 2019, @05:19PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday January 05 2019, @05:19PM (#782555) Homepage

    I had no chance to pull out my phone, I ran from a distance and barely escaped with my life. I took a bullet to the buttock and now walk like Simon Belmont in CastleVania II.