Washington admits surveillance violated Fourth Amendment
RT - Jul 21, 2012
... Intelligence (DNI) confirmed a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court finding that “some collection carried out pursuant to the Section 702 minimization procedures used by the government were unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Spy Agency Activities Violated Fourth Amendment Rights, Letter Discloses
Wall Street Journal - Jul 20, 2012
By SIOBHAN GORMAN WASHINGTON—National Security Agency spy activities on at least one occasion have violated the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, according to a ruling by the US's secret national security court.
Feds: We Went Too Far in Spying in US
NewsMax.com - Jul 20, 2012
A federal court has found “at least one occasion” in which the federal government's power to wiretap people in the US without a warrant resulted in spying that was “unreasonable” under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment bar on unreasonable search and ...
US Admits Surveillance Violated Constitution At Least Once
Wired News (blog) - Jul 20, 2012
to say, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court found that “minimization procedures” used by the government while it was collecting intelligence were “unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.” Minimization refers to how long the government may ...
Privacy rights violated at least once by US intelligence-collection initiative ...
Washington Post - Jul 20, 2012
Wyden has stated that on “at least one occasion” the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held that “some collection” carried out under the revised law “wasunreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.” The FISA Amendments Act allows the government to ...
Court Said Wiretap Violated Constitution's 4th Amendment
Businessweek - Jul 20, 2012
By Laura Litvan on July 21, 2012 On “at least one occasion” the federal government violated the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches in using its power to wiretap people in the US without a warrant, a federal court said.
Gov't acknowledges one-time surveillance problem
San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 20, 2012
The intelligence office was responding to an assertion by Wyden that on at least one occasion, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court held that an intelligence collection effort was "unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment" requirement to obtain a ...
Feds' use of wiretaps violated the Constitution, surveillance court finds
Detroit Free Press - Jul 21, 2012
On "at least one occasion," the federal government violated the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches in using its power to wiretap people in the US without a warrant, a federal court said. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's finding ...
Office of National Intelligence Director Admits Unconstitutional Use of ...
AllGov - Jul 22, 2012
As Congress mulls whether or not to re-authorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has admitted that the government's use of the Act has violated the constitutional ...
Govt acknowledges one-time surveillance problem
San Francisco Chronicle - Jul 20, 2012
PETE YOST, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unusual acknowledgment, the Obama administration says the government's surveillance efforts in the war on terror have exceeded legal limits on at least one occasion. Wyden is a member of the Senate Intelligence ...
National news in brief
STLtoday.com - Jul 20, 2012
Feds overstepped, they acknowledge The US government admits that its surveillance efforts in the war on terrorism exceeded legal limits on at least one occasion. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence made the observation in a letter to ...
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