Patriot Act Author Introduces Bill To Limit Use of Patriot Act

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 11, 2013 @10:42AM from the isn't-politics-grand dept.

wjcofkc writes "In an ironic but welcome twist, the author of the Patriot Act, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), is introducing the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill specifically aimed at countering the portions of the Patriot Act that were interpreted to let the NSA collect telephone metadata in bulk. The congressman has been a vocal opponent of the NSA's interpretation and misuse of the Patriot Act since Edward Snowden first leaked evidence of the program in June. On Wednesday, he wrote (PDF) to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder that the 'collection of a wide array of data on innocent Americans has led to serious questions about how government will use — or misuse — such information.'"

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Pandora's Box by cookYourDog · 2013-10-11 11:12 · Score: 3, Interesting

has been opened. There will be attempts at legislation, but there's no removing the purchased influence, consolidated power, and vested interests that grew as a result of the Patriot act.
Re:shoulda got it right the first time by riverat1 · 2013-10-11 14:04 · Score: 4, Interesting

I'm one of those "Security isn't worth it if it causes us to lose some of our individual liberties."
That was what was ironic to me. George W Bush said "They hate our freedom." so what do we do? We turned right around and reduced our freedom with things like the PATRIOT Act. Maybe they don't hate us quite as much now.