Posts by FISA does not rule OK ? 3 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Aug 2017
Privacy Shield is a complete legal joke. It is also fraudulent and designed to protect the PRISM miscreants from paying the compensation they owe European internet users. The Register headline catches the tone exactly. Lets see what the Irish Supreme Court say on 21st Jan.
What Mr Fleming forgot, conveniently, is that neither Mr Putin or the Kremlin have ever been convicted of anything in a court of law. But the NSA has. On 18th June 2014 the Irish High Court found the US Government engaged in criminal and unlawful "mass and indiscriminate surveillance" that now affects 270 meelllion European internet users. That must be the beeegeest hack, ever, ever. In Mr Flemings universe all the clapping is one hand clapping.
Kieran's article is fine but does not go far enough. FISA is unlawful if used in the US. If used anywhere else it is both criminal and unlawful. US law does not apply outside the territorial US. In some places FISA is espionage and leads to the blindfold and the stake in the sports stadium. In June 2014 the Irish High Court ruled FISA to be "indiscriminate mass surveillance" which is both criminal and unlawful throughout Europe. That same judgement rejected the FISA Court as a court of law.Not a single US news outlet reported these findings then or since. "indiscriminate mass surveillance" is a tort (injury) across Europe and compensation is payable to the victims.
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Kevin Cahill
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