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12-21-2017, 12:12 AM
Edward Snowden and human rights groups slam NSA bill that's rushing through Congress
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The law that gives the National Security Agency the legal authority to spy on millions of Americans is set to expire at the end of the year.*
That might sound like good news, a chance to perhaps scale back the agency's far-reaching powers and rethink how far its tentacles are allowed to reach into the lives of private citizens across the US.
Not so much. In fact, Congress is rushing through a bill that will expand the NSA's legal authority to collect, analyze, and act on the digital communications of American citizens.
Rep. Devin Nunes is pushing the innocuous-sounding "FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017," based on another bill (https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/20/16801110/702-reauthorization-congress-nsa-surveillance) submitted by Sen. Richard Burr. The bill looks to maintain and potentially expand the NSA's powers for the next seven years. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/20/nsa-surveillance-rules/)
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The law that gives the National Security Agency the legal authority to spy on millions of Americans is set to expire at the end of the year.*
That might sound like good news, a chance to perhaps scale back the agency's far-reaching powers and rethink how far its tentacles are allowed to reach into the lives of private citizens across the US.
Not so much. In fact, Congress is rushing through a bill that will expand the NSA's legal authority to collect, analyze, and act on the digital communications of American citizens.
Rep. Devin Nunes is pushing the innocuous-sounding "FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017," based on another bill (https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/20/16801110/702-reauthorization-congress-nsa-surveillance) submitted by Sen. Richard Burr. The bill looks to maintain and potentially expand the NSA's powers for the next seven years. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/20/nsa-surveillance-rules/)
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