No, regular readers know that Dredd Blog is a "I don't care what political party any public servant thinks they belong to, nor how cool any member of any party thinks any politician, president, congress member, or judge is".
The concern on this blog is whether or not they have violated the principles of America as expressed in the Constitution and laws subservient to that Constitution.
If they have Dredd Blog condemns them to the extent they have violated the public trust.
No party or department of government is sacrosanct here on this blog, rather, they all get it when they deserve it (the "it" is condemnation or praise, which depends on their behavior in office).
And no, we are not talking about adult consensual sexual behavior in their bedrooms.
We are talking about the common good, the public good, as intended by our Constitution and laws all these years (The Common Good).
Some examples of prior Dredd Blog posts in this regard, as they relate to today's post, are as follows:
The W Direction = The Perilous Path
Whiney White House Does Another W
Obama: The Republican Candidate in 2012? - 2
The W Direction Revisited - 2
The Circle W Cowboys - 3
The Circle W Cowboys
Obama Et Alia Losing The W Compass?
A Tale of Coup Cities
Everybody's Got A Holder Heart - 2
Glenn Greenwald is risking the wrath of neoKhans (Obama / Bushies) by publishing a secret order of the FISA (Fascist Invaders Simulating Americans) court that ordered Verizon to provide all of its records to the NSA (Ne'er-do-well Simulating Americans):
(NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans, Order). So, Americans are most likely "terrorists" who have to be watched, according to these fascist, W Jerks.UNITED STATESFOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURTWASHINGTON, D.C.
IN RE APPLICATION OF THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FOR AN ORDER REQUIRING THE Docket #: BR13-80
PRODUCTION OF TANGIBLE THINGS
FROM VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES,
INC. ON BEHALF OF MCI COMMUNICATION
SERVICES, INC. D/B/A VERIZON
BUSINESS SERVICES.
SECONDARY ORDER
This Court having found that the Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for an Order requiring the production of tangible things from Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. on behalf of MCI Communication Services Inc., d/b/a Verizon Business Services (individually and collectively "Verizon") satisfies the requirements of 50 U.S.C. § 1861,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, the Custodian of Records shall produce to the National Security Agency (NSA) upon service of this Order, and continue production on an ongoing daily basis thereafter for the duration of this Order, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, an all call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by Verizon for communications (i) between the United States and abroad; or (ii) wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls. This Order does not require Verizon to produce telephony metadata for communications wholly originating and terminating in foreign countries. Telephony metadata includes
comprehensive communications routing information, including but not limited to session identifying information (e.g., originating and terminating telephone number, International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number, International Mobile station Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, etc.), trunk identifier, telephone calling card numbers, and time and duration of call. Telephony metadata does not include the substantive content of any communication, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 2510(8), or the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer. electronic copy of the following tangible things:
The Keystone Kops Pipeline
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no person shall disclose to any other person that the FBI or NSA has sought or obtained tangible things under this Order, other than to: (a) those persons to whom disclosure is necessary to comply with such Order; (b) an attorney to obtain legal advice or assistance with respect to the
production of things in response to the Order; or (c) other persons as permitted by the Director of the FBI or the Director's designee. A person to whom disclosure is made pursuant to (a), (b), or (c) shall be subject to the nondisclosure requirements applicable to a person to whom an Order is directed in the same manner as such person. Anyone who discloses to a person described in (a), (b), or (c) that the FBI or NSA has sought or obtained tangible things pursuant to this Order shall notify such person of the nondisclosure requirements of this Order. At the request of the Director of the FBI or the designee of the Director, any person making or intending to make a disclosure under (a) or (c) above shall identify to the Director or such designee the person to whom such disclosure will be made or to whom such disclosure was made prior to the request.
Weed my Wips
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that service of this Order shall be by a method agreed upon by the Custodian of Records of Verizon and the FBI, and if no agreement is reached, service shall be personal.
This authorization requiring the production of certain call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by Verizon expires on the [4th] day of July, [1776], at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time.
Signed Judge Roger Vinson
Date [34th of Nevervember]
I, Beverly C. Queen, Chief Deputy Clerk, FISC, certify that this document is a true and correct copy of the original.
Obama is a Pontius Pilot like The High Priest In Chief was.
The President would prefer that the media blindly parrot the Administration’s narratives as their own reporting, creating a manufactured echo chamber in which the Administration’s line becomes the accepted meme—but anonymously.
ReplyDeleteThe 4th Amendment brought an end to the Writ of Assistance, which was a catch-all, open-ended universal search and seizure warrant.
ReplyDeleteThe order given by the FISA court is a classic Writ of Assistance.
I have been aware of these events and posting about them for nearly a decade, and was aware of them before that.
ReplyDeleteOne example:
"If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there's a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country's largest intelligence agency. The top-secret Global Surveillance Network is called Echelon, and it's run by the National Security Agency and four English-speaking allies: Canada, Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
The mission is to eavesdrop on enemies of the state: foreign countries, terrorist groups and drug cartels. But in the process, Echelon's computers capture virtually every electronic conversation around the world." (Dredd commenting at Brad Blog).