Unfortunately it’s highly unlikely that they are. I am referring to a recent administration memo stating the opinion that “the Fourth Amendment had no application to domestic military operations.” The emphasis is mine.
a) You’re kiddng right?
b) No seriously, you’re FUCKING kidding me right?
c) YOU ARE FUCKING KIDDING ME!
Excuse the language however the suggestion that a part of the United States government, military (the NSA is a Department of Defense agency, and thus military) or civilian, is exempt from the checks that the Fourth Amendment places on overreaching government is so abhorrent that I find it appalling beyond the usual tromping on the Constitution found in the current administraton. The absolute gall to suggest that the Constituton does not apply shows more disrespect for our republic on a level that I find so repulsive the words I just used aren’t even close to expressing my anger. The current executive has made appaling claims of authorization of wiretapping by mostly unrelated legislation but to suggest that their own arguments are irelevant because they don’t need to pay attention to the Constituton is orders of magnitude greater on my repuslive-o-ness meter. In fact I think I might need a new one because this one was just broken.
I'm Trevin Ward, I'm a Political Science Student at Iowa State University in Ames, IA.