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Bill Proposed to Repeal Patriot Act and FISA Amendments

posted by janrinok on Thursday March 26 2015, @11:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-chance? dept.

gman003 writes:

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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  • (Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Thursday March 26 2015, @09:02PM

    by SlimmPickens (1056) on Thursday March 26 2015, @09:02PM (#162957)

    I don't have a couple million dollars at my disposal

    Use Indiegogo. Submit it to Slashdot. Maybe Ars will pick it up. You never know where it might go.

    I'm not American and yet I would chuck in $10.

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