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House Panel Advances Bill on Key Surveillance Measure (axios.com)
The House Intelligence Committee approved a bill Friday along party lines that would reauthorize a central surveillance law, the Washington Post reports. From a report: It does change the law -- known as Section 702 -- but doesn't satisfy surveillance reform advocates, including in the tech industry. The law is used to authorize the surveillance of electronic communications by foreign nationals abroad, but advocates worry about the programs picking up communications involving Americans as well.
"We" did? Where did we say that?
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
All this tells me is the definition, act and collection is now 'more legal' on paper. Some bill with words on it isn't going to make me put blinders on --- there just there to make the general population feel good at the end of the day that it isn't going on at the magnitude or level it is; it's still always happening at a level beyond what Snowdon exposed and then some and, unfortunately, it will continue.
Can't really get all that upset, all of us that use any sort of free service online or any amount of social media anything have been 'the product' in every faction of our lives for years, and can't start raising your pitch forks and chucking your molotov cocktails at the White House fence, if you're not willing to do it in Mountain View, Cupertino and Melno Park as well.
Be more honest and get to the point, right in the title:
All Data Recorded Indefinitely Act
The difference is that Warren isn't a traitor.
https://www.reuters.com/articl...
You are welcome on my lawn.
This. Democrat or Republican rule, it's six of one, half dozen of the other. No real difference except agenda. They all want the same control. We, the people, cede control to government in the name of "security", and look what this has wrought. Since 9-11, the Internet is a different animal, travel is untenable, everyone is up in your grill. I'm surprised there is not yet a national ID card.
For years people decried "we're heading for socialism!". I told them, no, not even--we're headed for facism. The recent election has merely introduced the next level of this progression. The unholy alliance between big government and corporations is only placing the wedge between them and us citizens. A man cannot even head down to the corner store and buy something without you bank, carrier, apps, etc. know where you are, what you bought, whom you may have met. This is only going to grow more pronounced because the average person is simply apathetic. They've got their entertainment, their food, their pleasures, and their faces solidly within the glow of their electronic leash handsets. Bread and circuses. We're doomed...
CAPTCHA: "inquiries"
I am continuing to push several of my CONgress critters to change some of our bills. In particular, I would like it to be that anything that is CLEAR TEXT, either saved on a system or sent over the net, is fair game for American intelligence. The reason is that it is similar to sending a postcard. It is also the fact that China and Russia also have easy access to this so should ours. /.
Then anything that is ENCRYPTED means that there is an ACTIVE attempt to block others from seeing the data. As such, we then require a warrant for our intel world to see the data (basically decrypt it).
If we pass this, it will no doubt anger a number of ppl here because it gave America's intel world the same carte blanche that the rest of the world have. This will no doubt cause MS, Google, Yahoo, etc to push through encryption on nearly everything.
At the same time with this bill, I am pushing for USPO to offer up personal digital keys that are FULLY VETTED (i.e. like passport, pix and fingerprint) and they would then have a distributed network of the key-servers. And when it is trivial for somebody to obtain a single digital-key, then e-mail, blogs, etc will become not just secured, but will also be less spam, and BS that we see even in in
With this approach, it will really push for the world to encrypt our data.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
The same time we said that all criticism of Obama was racist, duh!
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Obama never tapped Trump. You far righ wing nuts really have to get over all of the BS that you read.
The intel world was doing their jobs and tapping into Russia, CHina, North Korea, etc. The fact that Trump's ppl contacted Russia and China to cut deals ahead of time was seen ONLY because Trump's ppl contacted ppl that were under ACTIVE surveillance. And the fact that Trump Jr, and SiL, BOTH requested from the Russians that they provide a different SECURED path for communications, says they KNOW that they were committing treason by cutting deals.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Remember this could have been stopped this with allowing someone other than the Shillary Clinton (lock her up) to run. Instead they BROKE the law and COLLUDED against the socialist Bernie Sanders to undermine his popalarity. Remember democrat party also brought to power Mike Flynn who has now been charged with lying to FBI. Shillary Clinton is the next dominow to fall in that crazy conspirasy theory. I am American and even I can see that Democrat party is to blame. This is why I donate regular to Trump 2020 and NRA. Protect our American freedom, always vote the Republican side and end sanctions against mother Russia.
Technically, neither will Trump. Not that it matters.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Sorry, my bad.
'Obama tapping Trump' is equally nightmare fuel.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Funny that Hillary's team was also constantly talking to the Ruskys, but nobody's phone was tapped.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
what proof do you have that Hillary's team was talking to the Russian? Because if so, that is also treason and those ppl will also be prosecuted for Logan act at a minimum.
Or, are you just doing the normal GOP thing and lying through your teeth?
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Well, it's not looking good for him at the moment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/0...
You are welcome on my lawn.
"The House Intelligence Committee is made up of elected Representatives."
Unfortunately intelligence is not a prerequisite to be a member.
The difference is Warren isn't communicating with Russian spies, unlike the Trump campaign.
They don't even deny it. Just claim it was a law firm they paid six million to do it for them, so 'no foul'. First we need to shoot all the lawyers...
We'll see how it turns out once the law firm is shown to have been acting criminally, hence no privilege.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Soon, Circle accounts will be mandatory.
#DeleteFacebook
Seems the U.S. funded intel agencies are gonna do whatever the fuck they want to anyway. This bill, whether repealed or sustained, is moot in reality.
We need to bring the morals of these agencies into check if we want real change. Hopefully Snowden, Klein & others have done this to an extent. It sucks that these types of acts are what makes the most difference.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
In case anyone wants to talk about the actual bill, as opposed to just cramming their nose up some politician's ass, here's what the bill changed.
First, a quick review of what sectionnot702 is. Section 702 relates to eavesdropping on foreign communications. Programs under 702 are not to be used to target Americans. When one party to a conversation is an American, their identity is to be masked, referring to them as "person A", "person B", etc. So the record would show a conversation between Putin, Ahmadinejad, and Person A.
With that background, this bill makes the following two changes:
The committeeâ(TM)s bill would require government agencies to get a court order before viewing the content of communications to or from Americans in the National Security Agencyâ(TM)s database of information collected under the authority, known as Section 702, in criminal cases.
Rules relating to "unmasking" the identity of US citizens would be tightened. Certain officials have authority to unmask based on certain criteria. The bill would reduce the number of people who can authorize unmasking and tighten the conditions under which unmasking is allowed.
In general, the idea is to further the idea that section 702 is a national security tool tool to be used for international national security purposes, not for domestic criminal prosecutions, or worse, political purposes against US citizens not accused of any crime.
what law firm is saying that they contacted the Russian for hillary to discuss acts of treason?
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Neither is Trump.
Sure he is. He pardoned someone specifically convicted of violating the constitution.
That pretty much makes him a traitor, since he promised to defend the constitution.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
WTF? Obama's people sent a foreign agent to Russia to meet with senior Russian government officials and get false Intel on Trump. This dossier was used to justify a warrant for surveillance on Trump Tower. This happened..
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Adam Smith was a time traveller. Capitalism rests on arguments put forward 100 years later! You read it here first!
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
They're predictably saying: 'privilege, privilege, privilege.' Which will last until the shysters are shown to have been acting criminally themselves. Then they will throw whoever they have to under the bus.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Coincidently: All non-incumbent presidential candidates in future will be 'crooks and lying douchebags' under law enforcement investigation.
That is unless someone goes to prison for wire tapping Trump.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
First I've heard of this one. Link please? Google didn't turn anything up. I tried searching for this and found nothing.