Where's the ACLU???

How people consider them a legit organization is beyond me

OK, what are you screaming about on the internet?

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Despite Congress’s laudable aims in enacting FISA originally, the ACLU has long argued that surveillance under FISA raises serious constitutional concerns, because FISA orders are not nearly as protective as wiretapping warrants in criminal cases. With a traditional wiretap, the government must establish probable cause that its surveillance will lead to evidence of a crime, and strict minimization rules are applied to protect the privacy of non-targets whose information could get swept up by the wiretap. With FISA surveillance, the government need only establish that there’s probable cause to believe that its target is an agent of a foreign power and is using a particular phone line, email account, or other communications “facility.” In addition, the purpose of FISA surveillance — to obtain wide-ranging “foreign intelligence information” — is much broader than a typical wiretap, and can extend, for example, to information related to the foreign affairs of the United States. Those are extremely broad parameters. Finally, the minimization rules under FISA are far less protective of Americans’ privacy interests.

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Section 702 is set to expire at the end of the year, unless Congress renews it. Instead, Congress must reform this law, which harms the privacy rights both of people abroad and virtually all Americans.

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I know conservatives like to kick the ACLU around a lot. However, they are the most consistent defenders of civil liberties in this country.

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No, actually that would be the NRA

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Well, that's your opinion.

I would argue that the ACLU defends a wider scope than the NRA does. However, both provide a necessary defense against the tyranny of big gov't. I'm glad to have them both.

I see their ads for their resist workshops daily

I would argue that they are mainly a tool of the left that occasionally inadvertently benefits us all.

When the #resist Democrats, I'll agree with you.