FISC Court Approves 100% of Requested Electronic Monitoring

Anytime a court authorizes EVERY request to search or monitor citizens, this is a rubber stamp and not a safeguard for our rights!  Not one was rejected. This is another chilling effect on what most citizens in this country expect from their government. 

It does not matter if the government is run by Democrats or Republicans, when the underlying judicial system will not protect our rights, we have a problem. There is no way in heck that thousands of cases had merit and none did not. 

The problem we face is worse than the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), it is a Supreme Court Chief Justice who "finds" a tax where the creators of the legislation swore there was none; where a government sponsored program sells weapons to drug gangs in Mexico and then uses those guns  to kill Americans; it is a government which forces religious organizations to offer contraceptives and abortions which is against their vows; it is the Bostonians who cheer the police as if they had just kicked the Russians out of their city after they found (with citizen help) an injured and defenseless bomber; our legislators propose legislation to make citizens of millions of illegal immigrants after they demand their "rights"" and it is Americans who would gladly give up their right to own guns for safety.

We have significant problems and most Americans are only interested in the last football, baseball or basketball score or who won the latest round of "Dancing With The Stars." We are superficial, selfish and have no understanding of our rights or our history. We are a country in decline.

Conservative Tom

In 2012, Government Spied On Thousands Without Warrant

May 6, 2013 by Sam Rolley 

PHOTOS.COM

A secret court in the United States quietly rubber-stamped thousands of government requests to spy on people in the United States last year.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved nearly 2,000 government requests to search or electronically monitor people in 2012, according to a report from the Justice Department.

From the report:

During calendar year 2012, the Government made 1,856 applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (the “FISC”) for authority to conduct electronic surveillance and/or physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. The 1,856 applications include applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search and combined applications requesting authority for electronic surveillance and physical search. Of these, 1,789 applications included requests for authority to conduct electronic surveillance.

Of these 1,789 applications, one was withdrawn by the Government. The FISC did not deny any applications in whole or in part. The FISC made modifications to the proposed orders in 40 applications. Thus, the FISC approved collection activity in a total of 1,788 of the applications that included requests for authority to conduct electronic surveillance.

The spy requests are justified by the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in 1978, which was expanded under the George W. Bush Administration and then reauthorized by Congress in December of 2012. Essentially a go-ahead on warrantless wiretapping, the act authorizes the government to monitor citizens’ phone calls and emails without probable cause if the individuals are communicating with people overseas.