A U.S. senator plans to introduce legislation that would delay the end of the bulk collection of phone metadata by the National Security Agency to Jan. 31, 2017, in the wake of security concerns after the terror attacks last Friday in Paris.
Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, believes that the termination of the program, scheduled for month-end under the USA Freedom Act, "takes us from a constitutional, legal, and proven NSA collection architecture to an untested, hypothetical one that will be less effective."
The transition will happen in less than two weeks, at a time when the threat level for the U.S. is "incredibly high," he said Tuesday.
The obvious answer to doing something that doesn't work is to do more of that something.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 19 2015, @05:34PM
You have really hit the nail on the head. When it comes to big, splashy violence committed by 'terrorists' there's no limit to the outrages that elected officials in the government are willing to employ. When it comes to big, splashy violence committed by citizens, they do suddenly, strangely, find reserve.
I really don't play the prejudice card very often.... But, seems to me the only observable difference between the two groups is color and religious affiliation.