The Obama Administration has asked the FISA court to restart the bulk collection of Americans' phone meta data after an appeals court ruled it illegal.
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Obama Admin asks secret FISA court to re-start dragnet
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• The Patriot Act let NSA collect Americans’ data w/o a warrant.
• May 7, an appeals court ruled this meta data collection illegal.
• But on June 1, the Patriot Act expired anyways.
• June 2, President Obama signed the USA Freedom Act into law.
• It lets NSA access people’s data, but only with a warrant.
• NSA will have to ask phone companies for specific data.
• Today, Obama asked that warrantless collection be turned on.
• This is the same dragnet that the USA Freedom Act forbids.
• USA Freedom Act says there is a 6-month transition period.
• But the expiration of Patriot Act makes this a sticky legal issue.
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