A Department of Justice official told Congress on Tuesday that there “may be one” instance of a criminal case filed by federal investigators using information from the NSA’s phone record collection program.
The statement from Deputy Attorney General James Cole came in response to a question asked by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas).
“One criminal case?” Poe said. “[The NSA program] is an invasion of personal privacy, and it’s justified on the idea that we’re going to capture these terrorists. The evidence that you’ve told is all this collection has resulted in one bad guy having criminal charges filed on him.”
However, Cole stood behind the program, saying that it was aimed at large investigations.
“The point of the statute is not to do criminal investigations,” Cole said, according to PC World. “The point of the statute is to do foreign intelligence investigations.”
Cole also said that the NSA probably collects records pertaining to congressional office phone numbers.
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2 comments:
Orwell is in heaven, crying from laughter. Americans can be TOLD what is coming, be TOLD how badly it will turn out, then watch it unfold exactly as predicted and the only concern they have is "who won American Idol?".
Of course, as they are being led in camps (see A. Scalia comments on WHEN), they will wring their hands and beat their chests in surprise and fear. Too late. MUCH too late.
Keep cheering, you sheep.
Thrown out of court for lack of a warrant, to be sure.
Like he says, "keep cheering".
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