Citizen writes to NSA to request info they had collected on him

[rambone]

Citing the Freedom of Information Act, a citizen requested all the information that the NSA had collected on him. His request was denied, citing an Executive Order and because it had to do with "national defense or foreign relations."

He describes the exchange here on Reddit:
So I wrote a letter to the NSA requesting any information they had on me. They wrote me back.


See the full letter here: Photo Album - Imgur

 

[jedi]

Well they did tell him that they cannot confirm or deny if they have any info on him.

 

[CathyInBlue]

Because he may or may not be an American citizen, he may or may not be a foreign terrorist, and be may or may not be a space alien. Q.E.D.

 

[TheDude]

Wow! At least they wrote him back. Kinda creepy, but im sure they been doing it for a while.

 

[pirate]

If he wasn't being watched before, he is now. lolz./

 

[rambone]

Nothing says liberty like secret watch lists formed by Executive Order.

 

[rambone]

Unconstitutional executive orders trump congressional law in Soviet Amerika.

 

[Loco179]

If they did not have a file on him. They do now.......lol

 

[jve153]

maybe, if enough people did this to them, they would get fed up with all the paperwork.

 

[CBR1000rr]

Unconstitutional executive orders trump congressional law in Soviet Amerika.

This is what the entire situation comes down to. They may not have had anything on him. Then again, he may have a valid reason for assuming they do and they may very well have been watching him. Wait, who am I kidding? They watch all of us and probably know enough about me to know how I am going to finish my comment before I do.......

Either way, as Rambone stated, an UNCONSTITUTIONAL executive order has officially taken a dump on Congressional Law. Sure, our government needs to operate in a a manner that allows them to covertly accomplish a mission in the name of National Defense but in no form or fashion does that give them the right to spy on you and I.

 

[rambone]

Secret government = criminal government

 

[ATOMonkey]

This is why it is always a bad thing for congress to grant carte blanche authority to the executive to "regulate" in whatever why they see fit.

Whether it's for national security, or the environment, or healthcare. This business of giving one branch of government ALL the power goes against every founding principle.