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NSA: Illegal to Check if We Spied on Congress Alexander: Looking Up Past Violations Would Violate Privacy by Jason Ditz, January 14, 2014 The NSA refused to deny whether or not they spied on members of Congress, but says it wouldve been illegal if they had. Theyre not going to check either, claiming that even checking if they did so would be illegal. Thats the latest in a long line of efforts by the NSA not to answer any questions about its past abuses, per a letter from NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander, who was responded to the non-answer he gave to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - VT) before. Incredible as it seems, Alexanders argument is that searching their database for past instances of spying on Sen. Sanders would be tantamount to spying itself, and therefore a violation of his privacy. Sanders was unsatisfied with the excuse, saying NSA surveillance of political rivals could be a huge potential area of abuse. Nothing the NSA has said appears to deny that fact, or even deny that its been done. Rather they just argue that its legally impossible to check.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:25:02 +0000

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