<story><title>Ninth Circuit rules NSA&apos;s bulk collection of Americans&apos; call records was illegal</title><url>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ncmncm</author><text>Now, when can we begin prosecuting the instigators? Presumably, after we have prosecuted those who ordered and participated in torture. (There is no statute of limitations on torture, is there?)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lehi</author><text>A reminder that a CIA officer who oversaw, ordered, and participated in systematic detainee torture, then wrote the order to destroy the evidential tapes of said torture, was not only not punished or prosecuted but promoted to the current Director of the agency.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;2005_CIA_interrogation_videotapes_destruction&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;2005_CIA_interrogation_videota...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Gina_Haspel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Gina_Haspel&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ninth Circuit rules NSA&apos;s bulk collection of Americans&apos; call records was illegal</title><url>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ncmncm</author><text>Now, when can we begin prosecuting the instigators? Presumably, after we have prosecuted those who ordered and participated in torture. (There is no statute of limitations on torture, is there?)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chard_slicks_</author><text>Will Clapper&amp;#x27;s perjury ever be punished?</text></comment>