Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill

[Roger Bacon]

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.

[Shockwave]

Lol, sounds like if it had been kept quiet, that it would have gone through. But it came out, so down it goes.

[whork]

Good

[tu_holmes]

America... Fuck yeah!

[WOOO]

american'ts are nuts

[Purge_WTF]

They can take this and the Patriot Act and shove them up their Republican and Democrat asses.






And Happy Thanksgiving. 

[Archer77]

They can take this and the Patriot Act and shove them up their Republican and Democrat asses.






And Happy Thanksgiving. 

Right on! Goes to show what those assholes, of both parties, will try to get away with when no one is watching.   Happy Thanksgiving. 

[tu_holmes]

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.