<story><title>Bank robbery suspect wants NSA phone records for his defense</title><url>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-phone-records-fisa-broward-20130612,0,5434900.story</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>paulsutter</author><text>His lawyer is a genius and a hero. A genius because when he doesn&amp;#x27;t get the records (and be wont), it will appear the prosecution has something to hide. He wins either way.&lt;p&gt;And a hero, because this makes clear the exact problem with these databases. Once they exist, there are endless uses for that each -seem- reasonable. This request illustrates that slippery slope in a way that makes even the NSA nervous.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bank robbery suspect wants NSA phone records for his defense</title><url>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-phone-records-fisa-broward-20130612,0,5434900.story</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>achille</author><text>21 Comments so far and none commenting the State&amp;#x27;s Secret Privilege that allows such requests to be thrown out immediately. None of these lawsuits will go anywhere.&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;State_secrets_privilege&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;State_secrets_privilege&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;People erroneously tortured by the govt had their cases thrown out. Cases as low as bank robbery have zero chance.</text></comment>