Comment Since when... (Score 4, Insightful) 406
...did having the legal right matter to the NSA? Or recent governments, for that matter...
There are a thousand laws where "lack of interest amongst the general population" was no obstacle to getting them passed.
Not when there are buckets of lobbyist cash propelling them...
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