Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications

[ElNono]

Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications

Congress has quietly passed an Intelligence Authorization Bill that includes warrantless forfeiture of private communications to local law enforcement. Representative Justin Amash unsuccessfully attempted a late bid to oppose the bill, which passed 325-100. According to Amash, the bill "grants the executive branch virtually unlimited access to the communications of every American."According to the article, a provision in the bill allows “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination” of Americans’ communications without a court order or subpoena. That type of collection is currently allowed under an executive order that dates back to former President Reagan, but the new stamp of approval from Congress was troubling, Amash said. Limits on the government’s ability to retain information in the provision did not satisfy the Michigan Republican."

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America is ed and un able

ed to death by thousands of unstoppable jobs. OBL is laughing his ass off screwing those virgins watching America screw itself.

[Winehole23]

no mystery why approval of Congress hit the single digits. ing bull like this couldn't pass standing alone, but has to be crammed into must pass legislation.

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no mystery why approval of Congress hit the single digits. ing bull like this couldn't pass standing alone, but has to be crammed into must pass legislation.

Congress is immune to The American People.

As Liz Warren so bravely said this week, Congress works for its paymasters, which includes the MIC (which includes CIA/NSA which heavily depend on MIC contractors, eg, $81M to buy torture techniques)