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on Tuesday May 23 2017, @01:55PM
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Washington, DC—Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) and Scott Perry (R-PA), both founding members of the Fourth Amendment Caucus, introduced legislation today to permanently codify protections on Americans’ privacy. Last month, the NSA announced it is ending its collection of Americans’ Internet communications that merely mention identifying terms for foreign targets, but are not to or from those targets, also known as "about" surveillance. The legislation introduced today would permanently codify this policy change into law. Gabbard and Perry, both veterans of the Iraq War, also co-chair the Post 9/11 Veterans Caucus.
Video of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s speech on the House floor is available here
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Gabbard, Perry Introduce Bill to Permanently End Warrantless Collection of Americans’ Emails
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Hacking's just another word for nothing left to kludge.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 23 2017, @04:33PM (2 children)
Do you think insulting people without offering constructive counterpoint makes you smarter than everyone else? More informed? Wiser?
(Score: 1, Troll) by ikanreed on Tuesday May 23 2017, @04:41PM (1 child)
Honestly, if the person is spouting unsubstantiated bullshit, promulgating conspiracy theories as an explanatory method, questioning them as a person does seem both reasonable and justified to me.
There's no rational, logical discussion to take away from. I at least feel contextually wiser than the person in question, certainly not than every person ever.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Wednesday May 24 2017, @10:10PM
NSA whistleblower Bill Binney has publicly stated that the NSA does in fact spy on Congress in order to influence their decisions, so I think that's a bit better than "unsubstantiated bullshit...conspiracy theories." Maybe not to the level of "proven fact" yet, but I don't see any reason to doubt it:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/03/25/nsa_whistleblower_binney_nsa_spies_on_congress_supreme_court_white_house_trump.html [realclearpolitics.com]