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A bipartisan-sponsored bill has been proposed to the United States House of Representatives, titled (accurately, for once) the "Surveillance State Repeal Act".
The bill (full text [PDF]) would completely repeal the Patriot Act and FISA Amendment Act, destroy most of the collected data, require warrants for all surveillance of Americans, forbid the government from requiring backdoors in hardware or software, and create a whistle-blowing immunity for reporting violations. Needless to say, this seems like a big step in the right direction.
I have already contacted my representative, and you may wish to do the same.
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Bill Proposed to Repeal Patriot Act and FISA Amendments
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I'm EMOTIONAL now because I have MERCHANDISING CLOUT!!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Thexalon on Thursday March 26 2015, @01:17PM
As a Yank, I suspect this has approximately the same odds of passing as a moose has of surviving a supernova. Also, I would not be surprised to learn details about the sex lives of all of the co-sponsors trumpeted in major media outlets, because that's one way the Three-Letter Agencies fight back against politicians trying to limit their power.
Also, your quote was originally by Winston Churchill, not William Shatner.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday March 26 2015, @03:59PM
I'm pretty sure he knows the Churchill attribution. :-)
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Churchill, BTW was a racist and genocidal maniac - with endorsement and policy on par with Stalin's Ukraine famine, in Bengal. So? His endorsement of "right things" are pretty terrifying. They include nuking Japan.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 2) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Thursday March 26 2015, @04:13PM
> I'm pretty sure he knows the Churchill attribution. :-)
Oh yes [youtube.com], I do.
(Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday March 26 2015, @05:08PM
Brill.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Hairyfeet on Thursday March 26 2015, @04:15PM
I always liked Churchill's thoughts on White Man's Burden which really showed how bad of a fricking racist he was...
"I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race has come in and taken their place."
Yep blacks and Native Americans are dogs when compared to white folks...damn, makes your racist grandpa look downright mellow, don't it?
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday March 26 2015, @05:07PM
It's up there with Himmler.
You're betting on the pantomime horse...