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House and Senate Reject E-mail Surveillance

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 12, 2003 @10:06AM from the sweet-of-them dept.

vena writes "The Star Tribune reports the House and Senate today agreed not to allow email surveillance of American citizens proposed by the Total Information Awareness program. Additionally, negotiators agreed to halt all future funding on the program without extensive consultation with Congress."

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what kind of drugs are they on? by pulse2600 · 2003-02-12 10:09 · Score: 0, Redundant

Cause that shit must be good....for once, they're actually doing stuff in the interest of the public!!!!!

BTW, first post!
Mods on crack by mlyle · 2003-02-12 10:39 · Score: 0, Redundant

And this is redundant why? I see nothing similar in posts above. And this is a time-honored trick that intelligence agencies use to get around limitations in their charters.