Mark Fiore

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• bour3 commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  Nvr tr f msnfrmng yr rdrs d y BB? FS, th prgrm th Hs llwd t lps vn thgh thy schdld xtr tm t ssr tht wldn't hppn nd vn thgh th Snt lrdy pssd t wth bprtsn spr mjrty, tppd cmmnctns btwn prts TSD th .S., nt NSD th .S. s yr ths bsrd crtn stts strght ff. Tht cll phn cll mght <>mght b rtd thrgh th .S. s rrlvnt. BB, y'll b mng th frst t cry "Wht dd Bsh, knw nd whn dd h knw t?" f, chck tht, whn nthr ttck ccrs. r f h's...
• Takuan commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  guess BoingBoing can't compete with O'Reilly,...
• insomma commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  What, so they didn't name the bear Mohammed? oh....
• RagManX commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  A couple of the above posters don't seem to know the full story or are willingly ignoring the definitely illegal portion of what happened so they can chastise bb authors, given that there *are* documented cases of this illegal wiretapping being performed when there was a US citizen on the American side of the call. The FISA allowance for such wiretaps specifically allows the tap without court authorization but requires seeking such authorization within 72 hours of initiating the tap. And when that authorization is not granted, all intelligence gathered from the tap is inadmissible....
• Jack99 commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  I don't think I would mind eavesdropping so much as long as it was the warantless wiretapping teddy bear....