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rrrrr · 3454 days ago · link · · parent · post: Obama lawyers asked FISA court to ignore public court's decision on spying
The legal request, filed nearly four hours after Barack Obama vowed to sign a new law banning precisely the bulk collection he asks the secret court to approve, also suggests that the administration may not necessarily comply with any potential court order demanding that the collection stop. It's hardly surprising, but it's still shocking that this is how the system works.The Obama administration has asked a secret surveillance court to ignore a federal court that found bulk surveillance illegal and to once again grant the National Security Agency the power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans for six months.