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has equipment that "sweeps up enormous numbers of communications,
*  not all of which can be reviewed by intelligence analysts."
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*  Using "watch lists" --- lists of words and phrases designed to identify
*  communications of intelligence interest --- NSA computers scan the mass of
*  acquired communications to select those which may be of specific foreign
*  intelligence interest", the report said.
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*  The court ruled Fourth Amendment rights were not violated.
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*  The Senate investigation in 1975 uncovered evidence the overseas
*  communications of a number of individuals engaged in organizing
*  political protests against the war in Vietnam were subjected to
*  surveillance by the NSA equipment.


Mini-recap:

    o The NSA can listen in on all American citizens' border-crossing
      communications of any sort without a warrant or any other court
      procedure, and effectively distribute that information to any and
      all local law-enforcement agencies. And foreign governments.

      Loss of Fourth Amendment rights.

      Not even discussed with the American public.

      Not even debated by our elected representatives.

    o Domestic law enforcement agencies can request, receive, and widely
      disseminate this information without any laws interfering. A major
      blurring of the lines between Military and civilian control.

    o Requests for political reasons are acceptable. (last paragraph)

    o The NSA uses a huge number of computers to listen for "key words"
      on "watch lists" for ALL border crossing traffic, including voice
      conversations. That means in 1975 they could convert voice to text,
      then do keyword searches against it