Oh for $DEITY's sake. Not allowing anyone to challenge surveillance programs defeats the point of having the option to challenge them. If no-one has standing until legal contortions requiring standing have been performed, then what's the damned point?!
When I heard about the whole Snowden thing I was shocked.
When big surveillance upgrades passed without argument (I live in Australia) I was somewhat surprised.
When I read this post I was flabbergasted. I cannot even begin to explain what is wrong with this. It makes so little sense that I cannot process it at all.
(Except, why would it be a problem, with all these extensive databases to cross-reference? Surely any government idiot can make carrier-independent queries?)
I'm stuck with a Surface RT (don't laugh: needed a tablet, wanted something with intelligence, Surface 1 Pro wasn't out yet...). This is basically what continually happens to me. Every Single Time someone sees it for the first time, they call it an iPad. *sigh* (Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple fan.)
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Surely someone's got to have standing!
Oh for $DEITY's sake. Not allowing anyone to challenge surveillance programs defeats the point of having the option to challenge them. If no-one has standing until legal contortions requiring standing have been performed, then what's the damned point?!
New depths of "anti-terror" right here
When I heard about the whole Snowden thing I was shocked.
When big surveillance upgrades passed without argument (I live in Australia) I was somewhat surprised.
When I read this post I was flabbergasted. I cannot even begin to explain what is wrong with this. It makes so little sense that I cannot process it at all.
(Except, why would it be a problem, with all these extensive databases to cross-reference? Surely any government idiot can make carrier-independent queries?)
This is my life with a Surface!
I'm stuck with a Surface RT (don't laugh: needed a tablet, wanted something with intelligence, Surface 1 Pro wasn't out yet...). This is basically what continually happens to me. Every Single Time someone sees it for the first time, they call it an iPad. *sigh* (Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple fan.)