Even if you trust all current actors, the tapes are forever.
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier]
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Re: 25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier]
#12Any discussion of this must center the fact that the surveillance began in Jan.-Feb. 2001, NOT after 11 September. The one telecom executive who objected was instantly framed into prison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio " He was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007 – charges his defense team claimed were U.S. government retaliation for his refusal to give customer data to the National Security Agency in February, 2001. This defense was not admissible in court because the U.S. Department of Justice filed an in limine motion, which is often used in nati…
"limine motion"
And as soon as that was called, the case should have just been thrown out.