https://fight215.org/ https://www.endsurveillance.com/?from=banner Unable to gain an extension, McConnell plans May 31 vote on provisions of Patriot Act By KEN DILANIAN, AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Unable to end a struggle over how to deal with government surveillance programs, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled a last-minute session to consider retaining the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records. McConnell, R-Ky., warned against allowing the controversial NSA program and other key surveillance activities under the USA Patriot Act to expire at midnight May 31. He said he would call the Senate into session that day, a Sunday, and seek action before the deadline. Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky's other senator and a Republican presidential candidate, called the Senate's failure to allow an extension of the surveillance programs during a late-night session Friday into Saturday a victory for privacy rights. "We should never give up our rights for a false sense of security," Paul said in a statement. "This is only the beginning — the first step of many. I will continue to do all I can until this illegal government spying program is put to an end, once and for all." By the time senators broke for the holiday, they had blocked a House-passed bill and several short-term extensions of the key provisions in the Patriot Act. The main stumbling block was a House-passed provision to end the NSA's bulk collection of domestic phone records. Instead, the records would remain with telephone companies subject to a case-by-case review. The White House has pressured the Senate to back the House bill, which drew an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote last week and had the backing of GOP leaders, Democrats and the libertarian-leaning members. But the Senate blocked the bill on a vote of 57-42, short of the 60-vote threshold to move ahead. That was immediately followed by rejection of a two-month extension to the existing programs. The vote was 54-45, again short of the 60-vote threshold. McConnell repeatedly asked for an even shorter renewal of current law, ticking down days from June 8 to June 2. But Paul and other opponents of the post-Sept. 11 law objected each time. Officials say they will lose valuable surveillance tools if the Senate fails to go along with the House. But key Republican senators, including McConnell, oppose the House approach. In the near term, the Justice Department has said the NSA would begin winding down its collection of domestic calling records this week if the Senate fails to act because the collection takes time to halt. At issue is a section of the Patriot Act, Section 215, used by the government to justify secretly collecting the "to and from" information about nearly every American landline telephone call. For technical and bureaucratic reasons, the program was not collecting a large chunk of mobile calling records, which made it less effective as fewer people continued to use landlines. When former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the program in 2013, many Americans were outraged that NSA had their calling records. President Barack Obama ultimately announced a plan similar to the USA Freedom Act and asked Congress to pass it. He said the plan would preserve the NSA's ability to hunt for domestic connections to international plots without having an intelligence agency hold millions of Americans' private records. Since it gave the government extraordinary powers, Section 215 of the Patriot Act was designed to expire at midnight on May 31 unless Congress renews it. Under the USA Freedom Act, the government would transition over six months to a system under which it queries the phone companies with known terrorists' numbers to get back a list of numbers that had been in touch with a terrorist number. http://www.usnews.com/news/politics...-senate-faces-last-minute-vote-on-patriot-act
Bleep the Patriot Act. And while at it, maybe screw a lot of the pitchers in the current women's college softball World Series let alone the other callipygian babes who are 'non-manning' the other positions.…… i.e., some very nice 'toliets' ( l )
Hahaha…it's always the cripple that wants to lead the dance. So the little wannabe twat's attempting to 'adult snap' by plagarizing a Jack Nicholson-esque salvo ripoff courtesy of "As Good As It Gets?" Careful junior…..you're outta your league.….
I got a new IPhone this year after my old won broke. Our office manager at work helped me get it WIFI connected and then used one of the features to take my thumb print so as to bypass my security lock. Afterwards had a nice discussion how Verizon will prob deal customer thumbs to the FBI and govmt. Just the beginning of the Big Brother world. Thank you smelly terrorists.
Hell, the government probably knows about you and that 15 year old boy emerging from the Carlisle Hotel at 5:30 a.m…….like father, like son……..and to think that chickenhawk stunt began & ended with Hank Kissinger……………………….yeah…………………………….……..sure……………. Keep bringing it, junior.
Fight over NSA snooping, Patriot Act goes down to wire http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...snooping-patriot-act-goes-down-wire/?page=all
This pornhub of which you speak. I feel I should probably acquaint myself with same before I render an opinion on this subject. Stand by, I expect to report back within a few months or so.
The U.S Cyber Command should be left out of this. If anything, we need new legislation to give them more teeth to fight cyber-warfare from Russia and China.
there should be a law that requires laws to be named exactly what they are. There's nothing patriotic about giving the government the authkrity to eavesdrop on all citizens. I suggest they name my law the call it what it is act. Rand Paul is the one person running for president who isn't a self proclaimed socialist that walks the walk they talk IMO.
Shit, the way things are now, Instead of the Patriot Act, we need something more along lines of that computer in "Eagle Eye". Too many homegrown wannabe Jihadis to ease up on surveillance now.
That's right, let's get a government official to physically monitor every household 24x7. Then we'll be extra safe plus it will create jobs!
We need this and we need to arm the U.S. Cyber Command with some serious offense. The current strategy is too defensive. China and Russia have every incentive to steal from us but theres hardly anything our government needs to steal from them. Enter counter-attacks. Attack our networks and we'll rip yours the fuck apart. Currently all we can do is defend.
Why do we need the patriot act? Not one major terrorist attack has been prevented due to it and it was mostly used for drug crimes. It's bullshit government intrusion sold to us with fear mongering tactics. I'm fine with U.S. Cyber Command assuming it's purpose is solely for fighting other countries and not targeting law abiding U.S. citizens. Also, fuck Tom.
