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Dan8267
2013 Sep 8, 2:51pm
Whenever Republicans say they are for small government, I say bullshit because if they were, they would not only be backing this bill, they would have introduced it. This bill is exactly what needs to be done to get back on the road to small government.
Shaman
2013 Sep 8, 3:00pm
Raising questions about integrity of national spy agencies.
Introducing restrictive legislation that would make spying on our citizens illegal.
Rebelling against the elite who truly run the USA.
Why do democrats hate freedom?
Introducing restrictive legislation that would make spying on our citizens illegal.
how do you know its "our citizens" if your unable to intercept and decrypt.
when and where did you state you are a US citizen when you ordered your internet or phone service ?
I am very sure many IT people get this.. but its lost with the general public.
In the wake of revelations that the National Security Agency (NSA) has broken through many Internet privacy protections, Representative Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) has introduced legislation to prohibit the NSA from building backdoors into encryption mechanisms, according to The New York Times. While Rep. Holt actually introduced the legislation to the House in July under the name “Surveillance State Repeal Act,†recent news may bring this bill more attention.
Still, that's not saying much for its success. The bill mainly asks for the total repeal of both the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Government transparency tool Govtrack.us currently estimates that the bill has a zero percent chance of getting through committee review and thus a zero percent chance of being enacted. (Govtrack.us notes that in 2011-2013, only 11 percent of bills made it past committee and only about three percent were enacted).