White House-Appointed NSA Task Force Makes 46 Recommendations, Including Not Keeping a Massive Database of Americans' Phone Records
Coulda called Reason
Says it was going to wait to release the task force's recommendations in the new year
Also says, 'I won't call him a hero, but he's sure as hell no traitor"
Many documents have yet to be published
A ruling against the NSA's phone record database highlights the perilous condition of privacy in America.
Not interested in discussing Obamacare exchanges
Monday ruling makes possibility more likely
Federal judge ruled the intelligence agency's metadata program was likely unconstitutional
Judge Richard Leon's ruling comes shortly after proposed changes to surveillance programs were presented
Save the victory laps for the Supreme Court ruling, though
Fourth Amendment probably prohibits it
Access is awesome! Don't ruin it with pointed questions!
Cooperation with PRISM resulted in stock price plunge once revealed
Debate over how much reform will actually happen
Means the next director will be military, not civilian
In the six months since Edward Snowden made his revelations, the scandal has only grown.
We are more connected through a small set of phone numbers than we used to be
Before Lavabit there was PrivateSky
Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wisc.) says Congress' intelligence committees have become NSA "cheerleaders"
Clients may take business somewhere else because of the revelations
Worried terrorists use the games to communicate
Original PATRIOT Act author goes after director of national intelligence
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