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
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 23 2017, @05:22PM
I don't see any conspiracy, but I remember dear old Mr Hoover, who did not have anywhere near as much capacity to peer into politician's closets as the NSA and CIA, yet had them scared shitless.
I want to believe that there are enough good citizens at both places to protect democracy from their bosses abusing the information they definitely could have access to.
On the other hand, the rest of the political side of .gov is so dysfunctional (I don't blame the worker bees), I can't reasonably exclude the possibility of occasional foul play.