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NSA (partially) Declassified

Posted by Hemos on from the the-joy-of-politics dept.

Lally Singh writes "Posted yesterday on the National Security Archives was the NSA's "Transition 2001" report, prepared as an introductory report for President Bush (II)'s incoming administration. "The largest U.S. spy agency warned the incoming Bush administration in its 'Transition 2001' report that the Information Age required rethinking the policies and authorities that kept the National Security Agency in compliance with the Constitution's 4th Amendment prohibition on 'unreasonable searches and seizures' without warrant and 'probable cause,' according to an updated briefing book of declassified NSA documents posted today on the World Wide Web.""

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  1. Well.. by yuriismaster · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can only assume the information declassified might intersect that which is already known...

  2. there is at least a marginal concern for the 4th by MC68000 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    from page 32 (38 in PDF viewer of nsa25.pdf)

    Make no mistake, NSA can and will perform its missions consistent with the fourth amendment and all applicable laws.

    There is some concern at least. This would mean nothing if it were a public statement, but it's a bit reassuring that they think this even in documents not meant for public consumption

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  3. Re:Yes the gove does need to rethink the 4th by sjames · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The type of government the founding fathers envisioned could never hope to effectively govern the US as it is today.

    The type of government they imagined would have done better. Consider that each of the states was to handle anything within that state, and that they are about the same size as many countries in the E.U.

    The Federal Government was meant to be literally a Federation of state governments, overseeing interstate commerce, organizing the state militias into a common force, and providing absolute limits on the power any state government could weild against it's citizens.