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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday May 14 2020, @12:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the big-surprise dept.

[20200514_131223 UTC: Updated to add links from original source.--martyb]

The US Senate voted down an amendment to the USA Patriot Act on Wednesday that would create a tougher standard for government investigators to collect the web search and browsing histories of people in the states. The bipartisan amendment, proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat, and Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, a Republican, would've required the Department of Justice to show probable cause when requesting approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to collect the data for counterterrorism or counterintelligence investigations.

Later Wednesday, the Senate voted to approve a separate bipartisan amendment that would expand a program that reviews some FISA Court requests and provides advice to judges on privacy and civil liberties concerns.

Before the vote on the browsing history issue, Daines told the Senate the bill was necessary to keep the government from intruding into the most sensitive information of internet users in the US. "If you want to see an American's search history, then you better go to a judge and get a warrant," he said.

The amendment required 60 votes to pass and failed with a final tally of 59 ayes and 37 nays. A separate amendment drafted by Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Republican, would expressly allow the collection of web search and browsing data under section 215 of the Patriot Act, which doesn't require that investigators show probable cause. The Wyden-Daines amendment, by contrast, would've given government the ability to request the data under a separate part of the law, Title I, which does require probable cause.

Senate rejects tougher standards for collection of search and browsing dat


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Aegis on Thursday May 14 2020, @02:34PM (5 children)

    by Aegis (6714) on Thursday May 14 2020, @02:34PM (#994252)

    So, 73% of the bend over and take it crowd were Republican.

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday May 14 2020, @05:58PM (4 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday May 14 2020, @05:58PM (#994320) Homepage

    It could be Republicans hungry for revenge, who seek to abuse those laws against the Dems as a big "fuck you" to the past 4 years.

    And of course that is definitely wrong, but I think it would be temporarily okay to start taking those fuckers down. The past 4 years proved that they certainly deserve it.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by helel on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:41PM (2 children)

      by helel (2949) on Thursday May 14 2020, @09:41PM (#994404)

      Revenge for what, four years of republican rule?

      • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Thursday May 14 2020, @10:04PM (1 child)

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Thursday May 14 2020, @10:04PM (#994412) Homepage

        For stonewalling the living fuck out of Trump's popular agenda with sham legal proceedings.

        • (Score: 3, Interesting) by helel on Thursday May 14 2020, @11:34PM

          by helel (2949) on Thursday May 14 2020, @11:34PM (#994438)

          Could you give some examples? All the major filibusters, refusals to pass or even schedule standard legislation like the budget or judicial appointments, and general stonewalling I recall in recent years was done by republicans. Heck, even the repeal of the Affordable Care Act was stonewalled by Mitch McConnell.

    • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Friday May 15 2020, @12:56AM

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Friday May 15 2020, @12:56AM (#994454)

      It could be Republicans hungry for revenge...

      That is a seriously stupid way to run a country, if it's true.

      But of course, it's not.