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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.

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  1. Re:POTUS non-incumbents will _all_ be wiretapped! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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...

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  2. Re:POTUS non-incumbents will _all_ be wiretapped! by WindBourne · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

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  3. Re:POTUS non-incumbents will _all_ be wiretapped! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2

    Neither is Trump.

    Well, it's not looking good for him at the moment.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/0...

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