Patriot Act Expansion Fails In The House (thehill.com)

An anonymous reader write: The "Anti-terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act" failed in the U.S. Congress on a vote held earlier this week. "Many libertarians warned of potential privacy violations if the measure went into effect," reported The Hill, "which helped prevent it from reaching the necessary two-thirds majority to pass through the fast-track process under which it was considered." The bill would've expanded the number of crimes which would trigger the expanded investigation powers, including crimes covered by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. "The Patriot Act should not be casually expanded," warned the House Liberty in a statement, arguing the bill would "permit the government to demand information on any American from any financial institution merely upon reasonable suspicion."
In a related story, a new campaign ad is criticizing Senator Russ Feingold for being the only Senator to vote against the original Patriot Act in October of 2001. Shipped to TV stations Thursday night, its narration begins "Islamic terrorists slaughtering innocents. And when Congress gave law enforcement the tools to keep Americans safe from international terror, only one senator voted no: Russ Feingold." After Friday's attack in Nice, Feingold's opponent attempted to reschedule the ads until a later date, but was unable to stop them from airing on at least three stations.

Comments

What's in a name

[markdavis]

"Anti-terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act"

Seriously, who names these stupid things? How about we call it one of these:

"Government Spying on its Own Citizens is Unconstitutional Act"?

"Acting Like Citizens Are All Terrorists Is Wrong Act"?

"Giving Up Your Rights Is Weakness Act"?

"Calling People Who Give Up Liberty Claiming To Be Patriots Is an Unpatriotic Act Act"?

Re:What's in a name

[NormalVisual]

It'd be nice if they spent half as much thought on the actual legislation as they did inventing a childish contrived acronym for it.

Terrorists attack democracy - democracy cancelled

[khz6955]

July 14 2016: "France will not extend the state of emergency imposed after last year's Islamist militant attacks in Paris in November beyond 26 July"

July 15 2016: "Terror attack kills scores in Nice, France"

July 16 2016: "France extends state of emergency"

'The declaration of a state of emergency empowers the prefect whose department is wholly or partly included in a constituency in Article 2:'

1. To prohibit the movement of people and vehicles in places and times fixed by decree;
2. To establish, by decree, areas of protection or security where the presence of individuals is regulated
3. To prohibit the stay in any part of the department to any person seeking to hinder in any way the action of the authorities

.. The Minister of the Interior may impose the house arrest, the place it determines, any person residing in the area set by the decree mentioned in Article 2 .. in any case, the arrest will have the effect of creating camps would be held the persons mentioned in the first paragraph

I. - The decree declaring or law extending the state of emergency may, by an express provision conferring on the administrative authorities mentioned in Article 8 the authority to order searches anywhere, including a home of day and night ..

II. - Minister of the Interior may take all measures to ensure the interruption of any online public communication service leading to the commission of acts of terrorism or glorifying.

.. The Minister of the Interior, for the entire territory is established the state of emergency, and the prefect, in the department may order the temporary closure of theaters, pubs and places of any meeting Nature in areas determined by the decree provided for in Article 2. ref google granslate