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The NSA Wants Carte Blanche for Warrantless Surveillance
If the Senate passes an expansion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, any American’s international communications could become an open book.
(Rick Bowmer / AP Photo)Standing at the thick, eavesdropper-proof windows of his office suite on the eighth floor of OPS 2B, newly appointed NSA director Timothy Haugh, an Air Force general, has a commanding view of his hidden empire. One of the key arguments in our lawsuit is as valid today as it was back then: namely, that without the requirement to obtain a warrant, the NSA will be able to freely monitor the communications of Americans with others outside the country, as long as there is the possibility of gathering “intelligence” of some sort. Hitchens spoke of similar concerns, since he “regularly exchange[d] emails and telephone calls with individuals in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Qatar and Kuwait.” The topics of conversations have included “discussions of Islamic fundamentalism, terrorism, jihad,” and other sensitive areas.
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