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		cma on Aug 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Tra... >some hope that the rule of law as being followed Wasn't it already ruled illegal prior to Snowden and the phone companies had to be retroactively indemnified by congress?

zymhan on Aug 15, 2015 [–]

Close, I think that the premise the Bush administration used to obtain this information, "dragnet surveillance", was ruled illegal, which exposed the phone companies to lawsuits. Congress then retroactively indemnified them.

EDIT: This is it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_%...

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