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Title: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: Roger Bacon on November 21, 2012, 07:22:13 PM
Is privacy a right?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552687-38/leahy-scuttles-his-warrantless-e-mail-surveillance-bill/
Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill

Declan McCullagh
news.cnet.com

November 21, 2012

Sen. Patrick Leahy has abandoned his controversial proposal that would grant government agencies more surveillance power — including warrantless access to Americans’ e-mail accounts — than they possess under current law.

The Vermont Democrat said today on Twitter that he would “not support such an exception” for warrantless access. The remarks came a few hours after a CNET article was published this morning that disclosed the existence of the measure.

A vote on the proposal in the Senate Judiciary committee, which Leahy chairs, is scheduled for next Thursday. The amendments were due to be glued onto a substitute (PDF) to H.R. 2471, which the House of Representatives already has approved.
Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: Shockwave on November 21, 2012, 08:10:16 PM
Lol, sounds like if it had been kept quiet, that it would have gone through. But it came out, so down it goes.
Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: whork on November 22, 2012, 02:54:20 AM
Good :)
Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: tu_holmes on November 22, 2012, 03:33:52 AM
America... Fuck yeah!

Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: WOOO on November 22, 2012, 04:13:13 AM
american'ts are nuts
Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: Purge_WTF on November 22, 2012, 08:03:45 AM
They can take this and the Patriot Act and shove them up their Republican and Democrat asses.






And Happy Thanksgiving.  :D
Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: Archer77 on November 22, 2012, 08:07:13 AM
Quote from: Purge_WTF on November 22, 2012, 08:03:45 AM
They can take this and the Patriot Act and shove them up their Republican and Democrat asses.






And Happy Thanksgiving.  :D

Right on! Goes to show what those assholes, of both parties, will try to get away with when no one is watching.   Happy Thanksgiving. 
Title: Re: Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill
Post by: tu_holmes on November 22, 2012, 08:21:19 AM
Quote from: Archer77 on November 22, 2012, 08:07:13 AM
Right on! Goes to show what those assholes, of both parties, will try to get away with when no one is watching.   Happy Thanksgiving. 

I agree... We need to be diligent on watching these assholes and people in this country need to stop voting for "parties" and vote people with decency.