I could link to dozens or hundreds of posts.
Talk about beating a dead horse… For decades.
Anyway, here’s one from just a few years ago: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans’ Communications Without Warrants
…if you think that place is only used to store information gleaned from taps on foreigners, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
Via: Common Dreams:
Sen. Ron Wyden was joined by privacy advocates Wednesday in forcefully condemning a new proposed amendment to the PATRIOT Act put forward by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would greatly expand the U.S. attorney general’s surveillance powers under FISA.
McConnell’s amendment, which the Senate began debating Wednesday as lawmakers took up the reauthorization of the 2001 PATRIOT Act, would explicitly permit the FBI to collect records of Americans’ internet search and browsing histories without a warrant.