Thursday, January 31, 2008

Sneak-and-Peek legal?

The US Congress is still discussing a bill that:

A) Gives retroactive immunity to telecom companies for complying with government requests for information without warrants.
B) Allows the government to review online communications (with the US) without a warrant.

Yesterday a 15-day extension was passed in the House to allow more time for debate in the Senate.

It seems ridiculous that there would be any debate about gathering personal information about people without oversight from the judical branch. This bill would provide less rights for Americans than a rubber stamp from a judge and the companies that facilitated the breach of privacy wouldn't be held accountable for breaking the law.

Maybe we should get rid of warrants in general... I think that would bridge the "intelligence gap."

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