http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/03/what-was-wrong-with-the-old-fisa.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/03/what-was-wrong-with-the-old-fisa.html/comment-page-1#comment-5600 David Brodbeck Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:20:30 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3072#comment-5600 Generally, focusing on persons makes sense. You're right there. The problem is, once you make that shift, you've given the government carte blanche to sift through <i>everyone's</i> communications as long as they promise to throw out everything that doesn't relate to that one person. As we've seen over the last eight years, we <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5987804&page=1" rel="nofollow">can't trust them to do that</a>, and worse, if we do find out they haven't been doing it there's <a href="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/34152prs20080219.html" rel="nofollow">no real way to force them to</a>. My fear is that any new law that claims to protect the privacy of U.S. persons will just create a false sense of security. Generally, focusing on persons makes sense. You’re right there. The problem is, once you make that shift, you’ve given the government carte blanche to sift through everyone’s communications as long as they promise to throw out everything that doesn’t relate to that one person. As we’ve seen over the last eight years, we can’t trust them to do that, and worse, if we do find out they haven’t been doing it there’s no real way to force them to.
My fear is that any new law that claims to protect the privacy of U.S. persons will just create a false sense of security.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2009/03/what-was-wrong-with-the-old-fisa.html/comment-page-1#comment-5599 Brian Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:04:03 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=3072#comment-5599 If permission is granted to spy on a particular person, how should we handle others whose conversations are also collected? If permission is granted to spy on a particular person, how should we handle others whose conversations are also collected?

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