Senate Republicans Call For More Surveillance After Orlando Massacre

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Source: AP / HuffPo

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set up a vote late on Monday to expand the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s authority to use a secretive surveillance order without a warrant to include email metadata and some browsing history information.

The move, made via an amendment to a criminal justice appropriations bill, is an effort by Senate Republicans to respond to last week’s mass shooting in an Orlando nightclub after a series of measures to restrict guns offered by both parties failed on Monday.

“In the wake of the tragic massacre in Orlando, it is important our law enforcement have the tools they need to conduct counterterrorism investigations,” Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican and sponsor of the amendment, said in a statement.

The bill is also supported by Republican Senators John Cornyn, Jeff Sessions and Richard Burr, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Privacy advocates denounced the effort, saying it seeks to exploit a mass shooting in order to expand the government’s digital spying powers.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-call-for-more-surveillance-after-orlando-massacre_us_576938ffe4b0fbbc8beb9dfc?section=

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Why is it that Republicans ALWAYS DO THE OPPOSITE of what I would want the government to do?

Oh, that's right. Because conservatives have been mostly wrong coming around nearly every corner of history.

And THEY SUCK !!

[cstanleytech]

1. This makes no sense, they investigated and watched the guy for awhile and yet he still was able to

do this not because of a lack of surveillance but because the Republicans have fought tooth and nail against extensive background checks before being allowed to buy a gun.

[onehandle]

2. I certainly think we need to watch gun sales much more closely. nt

[mia]

3. Disaster capitalists doing what they do best

http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine

[Fresh_Start]

4. Totally agree we need more surveillance of gun shops and gun shows nt

nt

[IronLionZion]

5. Anything except the guns right?

Are they ready for surveillance of right wing militias and hate groups? It would be great to expose KKK members.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. And the Republican base that shouts "Government Out Of My Life" loves them. Idiocy. . . . nt

[askeptic]

7. Each party seems to be against the Constitution in some way

4th, 5th, 14th Amendments go by the wayside in the name of terrorism and/or gun control.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Yes, more surveillance

Voters are watching you, Mitch, and they don't like what they see.

[liberal N proud]

9. What good is watching people with guns if you can't do anything about people with guns?

Another stupid response from the stupid side of Washington.

[sofa king]

10. How many people reported that jerk to the FBI?

There was the gun store and the fellow worshipper. Who else?

And the FBI failed to act because they are overwhelmed by the volume of information we are already generating on each other.

It's all static now. We're all enemies of the state; we're all presumed guilty. So now only the criminals are truly free.

[chapdrum]

11. Right you are

"Because conservatives have been mostly wrong coming around nearly every corner of history..."

Notice though how much support they always have, and not just in the U.S.