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re: Greenwald - Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On

Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:47 am to
Posted by mmcgrath
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:47 am to
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Faisal Gill, a longtime Republican Party operative and one-time candidate for public office who held a top-secret security clearance and served in the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush;
I would expect that anyone who receives top-secret security clearances would have to sign off on NSA surveillance, Patriot Act or not. The other 4 are questionable.
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 8:48 am
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:48 am to
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I would expect that anyone who receives top-secret security clearances would have to sign off on NSA surveillance, Patriot Act or no


You would expect wrong
This post was edited on 7/9/14 at 8:52 am
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:51 am to
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I would expect that anyone who receives top-secret security clearances would have to sign off on NSA surveillance, Patriot Act or not.


I have a TS-SCI. It is not signed off on (per se), but you do realize that you are subject to being monitored.

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The other 4 are questionable.


I would say this is an understatement. If the rationale for monitoring them was sound and unimpeachable, then it should stand the scrutiny of an independent review. Produce the evidence that their activities required additional scrutiny.

FISA and the NSA monitoring system are ripe for abuse.
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