Sneaky "reverse targeting"

[juan]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:17:08 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Within the last day, I've seen references to "reverse targeting".
>  Apparently it is illegal to use FISA warrants to surveill an
> American citizen, 


	whatever the government does is legal, by defintion.


> but there is an (also illegal) practice called
> "reverse targeting".  Surveill foreigners that are known to be
> associating/communicating with the desired actual American target,
> and read the resulting NSA 'take'.  This may be what's going on with
> Trump.   This is commentary from 2008:
> http://irregulartimes.com/2008/06/24/reverse-targeting-yes-he-can/
>   × Jim Bell