JFK -- & the origin of the term, "Conspiracy Theory"

[William Seger]

12. Ignoring contrary evidence is what "conspiracy theorists" do

Thanks for proving my point, but when evaluating the quality of Wikipedia articles, the key is to check the sources:

External links

Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance to Gather Foreign Intelligence Information, Congressional Research Service, January 5, 2006 (HTML)
U.S. Department of Justice White Paper on NSA Legal Authorities, Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President,January 19, 2006
Department of Justice Letter to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee December 22 (PDF) via Federation of American Scientists
Justice Dept Supplemental Brief to the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Court of Review
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions – Congressional Research Service – April 2005 via Federation of American Scientists
Statutory Procedures Under Which Congress Is To Be Informed of U.S. Intelligence Activities, Including Covert Actions, Congressional Research Service , January 18, 2006 (HTML)
FindLaw News Document Archive for National Security Agency (NSA)
Cornell Law: US CODE Title 50, Chapter 36—Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
FAS FISA Resource Page
FISA and Immunity
Presidential Powers in Time of War, a written exchange between professors at the Univ. of Minnesota School of Law
Large Cruxlux debate on legality of wiretapping program
Surveillance law resources, JURIST
ACLU Complaint (Initial Filing) against the NSA Central Security Service and Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander (HTML)
House Judiciary 20 January 2006 Briefing Statements, Transcript, EFF and ACLU Complaints and Related Action Documents in HTML
Response by the American Bar Association:
Letter to George W. Bush (pdf) from ABA President Michael S. Greco, dated February 13, 2006
Resolution (26-page pdf) from the ABA denouncing the warrantless wiretaps
David Alan Jordan, Decrypting the Fourth Amendment: Warrantless NSA Surveillance and the Enhanced Expectation of Privacy Provided by Encrypted Voice over Internet Protocol – Boston College Law Review, Vol. 47, 2006
Commentary Magazine March, 2006 Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act?
Of Bugs, the President, and the NSA– Douglas C. McNabb and Matthew R. McNabb, The Champion.
EFF Class Action Complaint (Initial Filing) against AT&T (HTML)
Not Authorized By Law: Domestic Spying and Congressional Consent, JURIST
Washington Monthly blog post on an opposed conservative reaction
An Open Letter to George Bush partly on this issue
T.J. Rodgers. U.S. gets closer to Orwell's Big Brother, San Jose Mercury News, December 29, 2005.
FindLaw News Document Archive for National Security Agency (NSA)
The New York Review of Books: ON NSA SPYING: A LETTER TO CONGRESS (Volume 53, Number 2 · February 9, 2006)
ALEXANDER COCKBURN and JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, Time-Delayed Journalism: the NYT and the NSA's Illegal Spying Operation December 17, 2005
Gabriel Sherman, Why Times Ran Wiretap Story, Defying Bush The New York Observer, December 26, 2005
Morrison, Trevor W., "Constitutional Avoidance in the Executive Branch" . Columbia Law Review, Vol. 106, October 2006
JENNIFER VAN BERGEN, The Unitary Executive: Is The Doctrine Behind the Bush Presidency Consistent with a Democratic State? Findlaw (Monday, January 9, 2006)
The Secret Sharer: Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state? A reportage by The New Yorker's Jane Mayer from May 23, 2011 about the prosecution against Thomas Andrews Drake in general and in particular in the context of the NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
Swire, Peter P., "The System of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Law" – George Washington Law Review, Vol. 72, 2004
C-SPAN videos (require RealPlayer)
Whistleblower says NSA violations bigger United Press International, February 14, 2006
Letter from Senator Pat Roberts to Senator Arlen Specter Senator defends NSA program legality, February 3, 2006 via Federation of American Scientists
Presidential Secrecy and the NSA Spying Controversy, JURIST
NSA Eavesdropping and the Fourth Amendment, JURIST
Washington Post's overview: NSA: Spying at Home
ACLU v. NSA ruling, which held that the NSA warrantless surveillance program is illegal and unconstitutional and must be halted immediately.
"NSA warrantless wiretapping is illegal" argument diagram at HonestArgument.com
"So Judge, How Do I Get That FISA Warrant?": The Policy and Procedure for Conducting Electronic Surveillance, The Army Lawyer, October 1997
Technician Mark Klein discussing Room 641A on "Countdown", November 7, 2007
Amicus Filed in NSA Wiretapping Case
Swedish FRA granted the right to intercept all traffic at exchange points that exchange traffic that crosses Swedish borders