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Congress Is Debating Warrantless Surveillance in the Dark

posted by janrinok on Monday December 25 2017, @03:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the freedom-or-security dept.

canopic jug writes:

Several of the programs Snowden revealed are authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act. The 2008 law was scheduled to sunset on December 31, but in a last-ditch effort Thursday, Congress extend its authority through January 19.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, believes that the authorization doesn't really expire until April, leaving lawmakers several months to either reform or strengthen the provision. Hanging in the balance is the legal framework the government largely relies on to conduct mass surveillance of foreigners, and Americans who communicate with them. Which makes it all the more concerning that the fight over Section 702's future has taken place largely in the dark.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 25 2017, @12:35PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 25 2017, @12:35PM (#614074)

    The problem is that "enemies" tend to also be friends depending on your timeline. The UK as obvious example.

    If you're talking within 3 generations, we need to be worried about the Germans in WW1 and about 1/2 the countries in the world the US has bombed since then.

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 25 2017, @02:03PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 25 2017, @02:03PM (#614088)

    For about 1400 years now, Islam has never been the friend of any Christian, or of any Christian nation. For that matter they have never been the friend of any other religion, or any nation whose government was not Islamic. Muslims have no friends, outside of Islam.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday December 25 2017, @03:55PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday December 25 2017, @03:55PM (#614100) Journal

      Not so. The greedy fossil fuel types love them some Muslims, or at least certain tribal groups of them like the Saudis.

      --
      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @03:32AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @03:32AM (#614212)

      Hey moron, there are millions upon millions of Muslims that don't go in for the death and conquest. The children of these more moderate Muslims are even more moderate, to the point where I'd prefer them over some of the Christians in the world.

      Mooooooronnnnnnnn.