TYT: What Privacy? CISPA Passes in Closed Door Vote

[WhoIsNumberNone]

"As US cybersecurity bill CISPA heads to the House Floor for a vote, the White House National Security Council has issued a statement suggesting that the President won't support it in its current form. "We continue to believe that information sharing improvements are essential to effective legislation," said NSC spokesperson Caitlin Hayden told the Los Angeles Times in a statement. "but they must include privacy and civil liberties protections, reinforce the roles of civilian and intelligence agencies, and include targeted liability protections."*

CISPA, the controversial bill that greatly threatens the privacy of anyone online, is making its way to Congress after passing in a closed-door vote by the House Intelligence Committee by a huge margin. There were no changes to the language to protect personal privacy. How is this happening after the internet so loudly cried foul, and why is it being ignored in the press? Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

[Moostache]

1. When the "law" has no moral standing, only the outlaws will be honest men.

I don't think anyone in our corrupted government is going to sacrifice their cushy job or future cushy lobbyist position in order to protect the Constitution (which they swore an oath to do in the first place) or to actually serve the interests of their constituents. That sounds waaaaay too hard when you can simply cash the check, look the other way and secretly cast votes in the shadows and darkness of closed door meetings.

Laws like this only ensure that we will see revolution before we see justice before the law once more.