Congressmen: NSA Spying “Illegal”, Subject to Abuse Like the Star Chamber
WashingtonsBlog.com
July 21, 2013
Compare NSA Spying to the Inquisition
McClatchy reports:
[John] Conyers, the [House Intelligence] committee’s top Democrat, noted that the Fourth Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable search and seizure. “You’ve already violated the law as far as I am concerned,” Conyers said [to the NSA executives].
The ire came from both parties. “The Star Chamber . . . in England started out . . . as very popular with the people. It allowed people to get justice that otherwise would not,” said Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., referring to a court that was abolished by Parliament in 1641 over its abuses of power. “But it evolved over time into a powerful weapon for political retribution by the king.”
The Rest…HERE
