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From: Raymond Wiker <rwiker@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ot - snowden, the short version
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:57:36 +0200
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Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> writes:

> In article <080420151049556091%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
>  nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I
>> > Snowden's contractual obligation included defending the United States
>> > and its allies against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
>> 
>> those enemies would include the nsa itself, for violating the
>> constitution.
>   Exactly where does it violate the Constitution (serious question, 
> BTW). 

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/12/is-the-nsas-spying-constitutional-it-depends-which-judge-you-ask/282672/

Note that there are actually two contradicting opinions, from two
judges, on this, but one of them states that the NSA was indeed
acting against the constitution.

See also

https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline