@BillRM,
I have conceded more than once no one knew the details or the extent of the programs. However, people have known for years the government was spying without warrants with help from companies like Verizon and ATT, there have been articles and even people who have been against it all along before the Snowden revelations. Some senators have been objecting for years, mostly democrats, it was like they were crying in the dark with no one to hear them until Snowden came along. Obama in before 2007 was against NSA not having to go through FISA. before wiretapping people. That changed in 2007.
Quote:On January 17, 2007, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales informed U.S. Senate leaders by letter [4] that the program would not be reauthorized by the President. "Any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court," according to his letter.[31]
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