To query the database, you need to know the phone number's area code is inside the united states (...? like that's fucking difficult?), then you must get "a further review" to see if they are "just expressing their first amendment rights", and then one of 20 analysts and 2 managers must approve it.
If we held people accountable for all the false statements of fact they make, FOX News would have been off the air years ago and all their newscasters thrown in jail. Basically, millions of people could be subject to database queries, considering how many loopholes there are.
One example they cite using the 215 was the NSA provided a phone number to the FBI, the FBI served notice to the court to find out who the number belonged to, and they then arrested and convicted the guy for giving money to a foreign organization that the USA labels a terrorist organization. So don't do business with anyone who might know a group of freedom fighters.
Go check out all the things that are not protected by the first amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_excep...
If we held people accountable for all the false statements of fact they make, FOX News would have been off the air years ago and all their newscasters thrown in jail. Basically, millions of people could be subject to database queries, considering how many loopholes there are.
One example they cite using the 215 was the NSA provided a phone number to the FBI, the FBI served notice to the court to find out who the number belonged to, and they then arrested and convicted the guy for giving money to a foreign organization that the USA labels a terrorist organization. So don't do business with anyone who might know a group of freedom fighters.