NSA Reform: Do You Support The Lesser Of Two Evils, Or Hope For Something...
We wrote yesterday about Congress suddenly lurching forward with two competing NSA reform bills: the USA Freedom Act from Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and the House Judiciary Committee and the FISA...
View ArticleLooks Like 'Compromise' Has Been Reached On NSA Reform Bills
On Monday, we noted that two different competing NSA reform bills had started lurching forward in Congress, though in looking through the Manager’s Amendment of the “good” bill, it quickly became clear...
View ArticleUSA Freedom Act Passes Out Of House Judiciary Committee With Some Good And...
As expected, the USA Freedom Act has been passed out of the House Judiciary Committee today, moving the bill forward in a process that will likely bring some version of it to the House floor in the...
View ArticleHouse Passes Fake USA Freedom Act; Fight Turns To The Senate To Fix A Broken...
As explained earlier, due to pressure from the White House and NSA’s supporters in Congress, what could have been real NSA reform was completely changed at the last minute, in secret. The bill, which...
View ArticleStop The NSA's Backdoor: Call Congress Today To Support Key Amendment
Last week, we noted that there was an effort underway to introduce an amendment for this week’s Defense Appropriations bill in the House that would effectively limit some of the most nefarious aspects...
View ArticleHouse Overwhelmingly Votes To Slam The Backdoor Shut On The NSA!
A week ago, we told you that there were plans for a very important amendment to slam the backdoor shut on the NSA’s use of backdoor searches, as well as mandates for backdoors in technology. On...
View ArticleFBI Director Says Congress Will Fix Phone Encryption 'Problem;' Congress Says...
James Comey’s pleas that something must be done for the [potentially-molested] children of the United States seem to be falling on mostly deaf ears. Mostly. After realizing that there’s nothing in...
View ArticleRep. Sensenbrenner Thinks We Can Pay For The Border Wall With More Asset...
President Trump appears to have thrown his support behind asset forfeiture, even as the issue has begun reaching critical mass in the mainstream media. (It’s been thoroughly covered by more...
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Bad Take: Rep. Sensenbrenner's Response Over Internet Privacy Concerns:...
As we’ve explained, with Congress voting (and the President signing) a bill to kill off the FCC’s broadband privacy rules, things are not necessarily as bad as some might have you believe, but they’re...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary Spends 5.5 Hours Making Themselves Look Foolish, Without...
How was your Wednesday? I spent 5 and a half hours of mine watching the most inane and stupid hearing put on by Rep. David Cicilline, and the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust,...
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