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Congress Wants to Allow Europeans to Sue US Over Spying. What's Next?

posted by takyon on Tuesday September 22 2015, @12:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the suits dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

On Thursday, Congress advanced a bill which would allow European citizens to sue the US government if their data is misused in an international law enforcement investigation. The proposal is one of several cybersecurity bills currently in progress in the US and in Europe.

Known as the Judicial Redress Act, it's intended to address imbalances in how the US and international governments share data in criminal investigations, including terrorism cases. It's part of a larger "umbrella agreement" between the US and the European Union to further define how the two sides share information. Currently, US citizens can sue in European courts over the misuse of their data, but the US does not have similar protections.
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"If we fail to pass the Judicial Redress Act, we will undermine several important international agreements, harm our businesses operating in Europe and severely limit the sharing of law enforcement information," Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R) of Wisconsin, who introduced the bill in March, said during the meeting.

Will Europeans fare better than the American citizens who already sued the US government for total surveillance?

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by tathra on Tuesday September 22 2015, @04:08AM

    by tathra (3367) on Tuesday September 22 2015, @04:08AM (#239737)

    This is about Congress either deciding to make it less appealing for the three letter agencies to use/abuse this information - or at least to put on the impression that they are trying to do something about it.

    they could always just, you know, enforce the law. [cornell.edu] This law, under which they are all criminals, is for the punishment for violating one's oath of office, [abovetopsecret.com] per executive order 10450. [archives.gov]

    violating one's oath of office, eg, undermining, subverting, or ignoring the constitution, or suggesting to do so, is a federal crime. its time we start calling for this law to be enforced.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @09:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @09:09AM (#239832)

    Nice homework problem for Probability 101 students. Care to calc the odds on that ever happening?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @11:00AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @11:00AM (#239858)

      Nice homework problem for Probability 101 students. Care to calc the odds on that ever happening?

      Trump 2016.
      Anything could happen.

      • (Score: 2) by etherscythe on Tuesday September 22 2015, @05:34PM

        by etherscythe (937) on Tuesday September 22 2015, @05:34PM (#240072) Journal

        Damn his name, I want to make a Wild Card joke and I can't!

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