At a minimum, the FBI must show that an after-the-fact notice of surveillance would compromise ongoing investigations, in order to NOT run afoul of our 220-years of fourth amendment jurisprudence. . .

At least that has occaionally been litigated of late.

One small step at a time. . . we will work our way back to sanity.

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Update: nolo has the passage from the OIG report on this. . .

More seriously, thanks, EW.

And, keep on keepin’ on — until these warrantless, no judicial review, based on a simple, unsworn FBI agent asserts standard of “relevance” — not “articuable suspicion“, and certainly not full-on “probable cause” — until these are dead and buried, all of us, bloggers clearly-included, here, are at rather grave risk for simply expressing views, or allowing comments, by those critical of our government.

And that, according to some of the agents at the FBI, makes a Section 215 “associations” case. Now, if that grouchy old FISA judge won’t agree with the agent, s/he will just issue their own National Security Letter for exactly the same stuff — Presto! No problemo – end, Constitutional guarantees.

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You Tube of KO’s 8 Minute Commentary you requested on Wed. March 12:

KO Exposes Clinton You Tube March 12 Commentary

NSA’s Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data

F.B.I. Made ‘Blanket’ Demands for Phone Records

Report on F.B.I. Use of Personal Data

On Friday, Ecuador’s Defense Minister Wellington Sandoval announced that after further investigation of the area targeted during the March 1 attack it was revealed that the site had been bombarded with at least five bombs (‘Smart Bombs’). All five detonations were within a 50-meter diameter during a nocturnal attack, a virtually impossible achievement when concerning the military capabilities and resources of the Colombian Air and Armed Forces. Sandoval claimed that the arms used during the incursion can only be deployed through the use of aircraft which have the capacity to fly at a considerable height and velocity, weaponry that is again not found within the Colombian Air Force. The only Air Force in the region with such an arsenal is the United States.

Shorter timeline. no lone rogue but intentional destruction of oversight.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/…..509/471397