tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post5960375053990270090..comments2024-01-24T20:01:37.600-05:00Comments on slight paranoia: Senators hint at DOJ's secret reinterpretation and use of Section 215 of the Patriot ActChristopher Soghoianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08950937382104783909noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-13267425711936232372012-08-27T06:39:59.104-04:002012-08-27T06:39:59.104-04:00It concerns the government using and acquiring the...It concerns the government using and acquiring the medical records of every American in their determination if you are a terrorist which could harm others. Americans would be furious about the government prying into their private records.<br /><br />See Intelligence Community Directive Number 101 102 and 153 I believe about the Director of National Intelligence directing all agencies of the new policy for retaining, and disseminating records. It doesn't specifically mention medical records but these directives are how the government is changing the law, Congress established.<br />You are probably also right about the government changing laws with directives about records pertaining to geo-tracking and location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-91214326542362187102011-05-26T09:02:19.421-04:002011-05-26T09:02:19.421-04:00As an example of just how bad these interpretation...As an example of just how bad these interpretations are... Former attorney general John Ashcroft, a theocrat who didn't exactly represent the best interests of a free people, was so disturbed by some of the activities and programs and "interpretations" of the Patriot Act powers, that he threatened to quit over them, and later did so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-42490994146227347692011-05-25T16:21:14.828-04:002011-05-25T16:21:14.828-04:00Your speculation about the nature of the "imp...Your speculation about the nature of the "important, sensitive collection program about which many members of the subcommittee or their staffs have been briefed" is certainly plausible.<br /><br />Another possibility, especially in light of the conspicuous mention of "travel" in the cited statement, "This provision is used to obtain critical information from the businesses unwittingly used by terrorists in their travel, plotting, preparation for, communication regarding, and execution of attacks," is that Section 215 is being using to obtain domestic and *worldwide* Passenger Name Record (PNR) data about travellers from USA-based computerized reservation systems (CRS's, i.e Sabre and Travelport), and perhaps also from offices in the USA of foreign-based CRS's (i.e Amadeus). As with SWIFT financial transaction data, this could include info about domestic travellers whose journeys never touch the USA.Edward Hasbrouckhttp://hasbrouck.org/articles/PNR.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16750015.post-19334106277502305312011-05-25T11:36:16.014-04:002011-05-25T11:36:16.014-04:00You're doing God's work, Mr. Soghoian, tha...You're doing God's work, Mr. Soghoian, thank you.Robnoreply@blogger.com