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Even the Author of the Patriot Act Is Trying To Stop the NSA

Posted by Unknown on from the clinging-to-power dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner will introduce an anti-NSA bill tomorrow in the House, and if it makes its winding way to becoming law, it will be a big step towards curtailing the NSA's bulk metadata collection. Wisconsin Rep. Sensenbrenner, along with 60 co-sponsors, aims to amend one section of the Patriot Act, Section 215, in a bill known as the United and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act — also known by its less-clunky acronym version, the USA Freedom Act."

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  1. Don;t worry about the NSA - stop Obamacare! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Obamacare is the real threat to this country, and will destroy us through wealth redistribution and bankrupting the country we leave to our chiildren. We need to focus our efforts to end the Socialist agenda.

    1. Re:Don;t worry about the NSA - stop Obamacare! by Bartles · · Score: 0, Troll

      They go hand in hand. Authoritarianism and Socialism have always been dependent on each other.

    2. Re:Don;t worry about the NSA - stop Obamacare! by ebno-10db · · Score: 1, Troll

      The parrot speaketh.

    3. Re:Don;t worry about the NSA - stop Obamacare! by Bartles · · Score: 1, Troll

      History shows that the more socialist a country is, the more authoritarian it is as well. Socialism is a system that must be imposed, authoritarianism is the vehicle that accomplishes that.