The rubber stamps are hard at work in Washington DC as a newly established White House panel examining the legal ramifications of the NSA spying on US citizens says such efforts are “close to the line of constitutional reasonableness” but still lawful. NSA spying continues to remain largely un-discussed This comes as the real issue in NSA spying continues to remain largely un-discussed. As the Guardian’s Trevor Timm notes, the mass collection of meta data is really a distraction issue. The real issue is warrantless searches of US citizens on grounds that have nothing to do with terrorism, made possible…
Rubber Stamp Working Overtime as NSA Reviewed
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.