NSA Call Tracking Legality
There are times you just have to defer to the lawyers. So I shall.
- Orin Kerr, “Thoughts on the Legality of the Latest NSA Surveillance Program,” [link to http://www.orinkerr.com/2006/05/11/thoughts-on-the-legality-of-the-latest-nsa-surveillance-program/ no longer works] (his blog) then later, “More Thoughts on the Legality of the NSA Call Records Program” (at Volokh, it’s keeping him up at night!) and “How The Latest NSA Surveillance Story Is Different From the Last One.”
- Peter Swire and Judd Legum, “Telcos Could Be Liable For Tens of Billions of Dollars For Illegally Turning Over Phone Records.” [link to http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/11/telcos-liable/ no longer works]
- Marty Lederman has “Further Thoughts on the Lawfulness of the Newly Disclosed NSA Program.”
In deferring to lawyers, I can get away with a link to Kip Esquire, who has great analysis in “Are We At ‘Worse than Nixon’ Yet?” [link to http://kipesquire.powerblogs.com/posts/1147397366.shtml no longer works]
Tomato-bait by Hokiefacs, on Flickr.
A rushed out survey had it that most Americans supported the idea. So maybe Bush is more in tune with the public than the intelligentsia (us lot) would like to believe.
The Jetblue affair did generate some heat, although whether it was ultimately futile opposition I don’t know.
Question would be … is anyone likely to switch to Qwest now?
Are people likely to switch to Skype for the brief period it takes for eBay to bring them to heel? Is there going to a rush into other VoIP? Will that result in IP#s being limited out to card-carrying citizens? Will using Tor become punishable as treason?
And, above all, is your average terrorist so thick as to let this minor disadvantage slow him down?