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Senate Rejects FBI Bid For Warrantless Access To Internet Browsing Histories (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the small-victories dept.

Zack Whittaker, reporting for ZDNet:An amendment designed to allow the government warrantless access to internet browsing histories has been narrowly defeated in the Senate. The amendment fell two votes short of the required 60 votes to advance. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) switched his vote at the last minute. He submitted a motion to reconsider the vote following the defeat. A new vote may be set for later on Wednesday. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the amendment as an add-on to the commerce, justice, and science appropriations bill earlier this week. McCain said in a statement on Monday that the amendment would "track lone wolves" in the wake of the Orlando massacre, in which Omar Mateen, who authorities say radicalized himself online, killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in the Florida city. The amendment, which may be reconsidered in the near future, aims to broaden the rules governing national security letters, which don't require court approval. These letters allow the FBI to demand records associated with Americans' online communications -- so-called electronic communications transactional records.

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  1. Close the borders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How about stopping the Invade the World, Invite the World policy?

    Muslims can stay in their Muslim countries. We don't need them.

    Diversity is weakness, not strength. Africa has more genetic diversity than the rest of the world combined, and look at where it has gotten them.

  2. Re:why qualify the nightclub as "gay"? by Hylandr · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    All private sales in California must employ a licensed firearms dealer as middleman,

    They can suck it. And I can get one legally.

    Nobody does a background check or require a cooling period for buying a car or licensing as a doctor and those kill WAY more people per year than Guns can even get close to.

    Anti Gun retards need to stop cherry picking their statistics and focus on what's really killing people if there's going to be any real positive change.

    News Flash:
    If he couldn't get a gun, he could have used an Axe, Hammer, Machete or Bats etc. All have been used against all kinds of people not just Gay people.

    #AntiGunRetardsCanFuckOff

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    ~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.