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New House Bill Would Gut Patriot Act, Protect Whistleblowers
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New House Bill Would Gut Patriot Act, Protect Whistleblowers
by Karl Bode 12:56PM Wednesday Mar 25 2015 Tipped by tschmidt
Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) this week unveiled the Surveillance State Repeal Act (pdf), which would dramatically reform the nation's growing intelligence surveillance apparatus. Among other things, the proposal takes specific aim at the long-controversial Patriot Act, which allowed for the mass collection of domestic data in order to fight terrorism. Pocan and Massie's proposal would also prevent the government from forcing companies to include backdoors in tech products.
The proposal would also repeal the 2008 FISA Amendments Act, which has historically aided the government when it comes to wide-ranging collection of user data over the Internet.
In addition the Act would provide significant new protections for whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, NSA employee William Binney, or former AT&T employee Mark Klein, who disclosed how the telcos were allowing wholesale government access to every shred of data that touches their networks.
"Revelations about the NSA's programs reveal the extraordinary extent to which the program has invaded Americans' privacy," Pocan said in a prepared statement. "I reject the notion that we must sacrifice liberty for security -- we can live in a secure nation which also upholds a strong commitment to civil liberties. This legislation ends the NSA's dragnet surveillance practices, while putting provisions in place to protect the privacy of American citizens through real and lasting change."
New House Bill Would Gut Patriot Act, Protect Whistleblowers
by Karl Bode 12:56PM Wednesday Mar 25 2015 Tipped by tschmidt
Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) this week unveiled the Surveillance State Repeal Act (pdf), which would dramatically reform the nation's growing intelligence surveillance apparatus. Among other things, the proposal takes specific aim at the long-controversial Patriot Act, which allowed for the mass collection of domestic data in order to fight terrorism. Pocan and Massie's proposal would also prevent the government from forcing companies to include backdoors in tech products.
The proposal would also repeal the 2008 FISA Amendments Act, which has historically aided the government when it comes to wide-ranging collection of user data over the Internet.
In addition the Act would provide significant new protections for whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, NSA employee William Binney, or former AT&T employee Mark Klein, who disclosed how the telcos were allowing wholesale government access to every shred of data that touches their networks.
"Revelations about the NSA's programs reveal the extraordinary extent to which the program has invaded Americans' privacy," Pocan said in a prepared statement. "I reject the notion that we must sacrifice liberty for security -- we can live in a secure nation which also upholds a strong commitment to civil liberties. This legislation ends the NSA's dragnet surveillance practices, while putting provisions in place to protect the privacy of American citizens through real and lasting change."
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