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House Passes Bill To Renew NSA Internet Spying Tool (reuters.com)
Dustin Volz, reporting for Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool. The legislation, which passed 256-164 and split party lines, is the culmination of a yearslong debate in Congress on the proper scope of U.S. intelligence collection -- one fueled by the 2013 disclosures of classified surveillance secrets by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives had urged cancellation of the vote after Trump appeared to cast doubt on the merits of the program, but Republicans forged ahead.
Until there are meaningful restrictions and requirements to report "incidental" collections of Americans communications then we know this still law and others are being used for mass surveillance of Americans on American soil.
When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.
When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.
Unfortunately one of the few examples of bipartisanship coming out of Washington over the past decade or so has been the continual support for the erosion of Americans' rights in the name of fighting terrorism.
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No disrespect meant, but if you'd like I can start listing stories which you personally posted that the only source was a personal blog. Why is there suddenly a higher standard for this story? If it's a site wide policy recently introduced to improve the quality of the content, then I'm all for it. If it's just an arbitrary requirement you've added because you find the story distasteful....well, yeah.
Though my question is, what will your personal response be if you hold this story to a higher level, and then in future you post another story based off of a personal blog?
Buzzfeed and Vice are sources that are credible in the eyes of msmash
Apparently, two Firehose submissions of the same exact story from a right-wing website qualifies as "burning up the Firehose".
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The only source reporting the "shadowban" is James O'Keefe, who has never, ever broken an honest story. I would think that before you believe anything a source has to say, there needs to be at least one instance of that source not being dishonest.
Whatever your definition of credible source, O'Keefe and Project Veritas are the exact opposite of that.
You are welcome on my lawn.
We're aware of the story. But we need credible sources to corroborate the claims before we run it here.
Oh, this is rich. msmash now requires "credible sources". Thank God I wasn't taking a drink when I read that.
Do you have ESP?
Somewhat encouraging to see President Trump express some push back and to see 183 votes for some reform.
President Trump could easily just order additional reforms himself, or at least order a report on how many Americans are getting their communications swept up without a warrant.
Here is a breakdown of the vote. I wish news outlets would simply provide a link to this and make life easier.
We're aware of the story. But we need credible sources to corroborate the claims before we run it here.
*Blink*
I welcome this new policy. I really do.
Will it be accompanied by pink ponies?
Much of the opposition came from Democrats, though the vote did produce a striking coalition of conservatives and liberals who backed an alternative that would have imposed stricter protections for Americans whose information got snared in the data dragnet. https://m.washingtontimes.com/...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is prepared to filibuster the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is up for a vote in the House to authorize a six-year extension, in an effort to get warrant requirement for Americans.
“My worry is that they also collect information on millions of Americans, and I don’t want that database to be searched without a warrant,” “I will filibuster and do whatever to stop that,” he added.
In the event that protections were included for U.S. citizens’ private information, Paul said he would support reauthorizing Section 702.
Dishonest from start to finish.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
http://www.nationalreview.com/...
https://www.snopes.com/2016/10...
You are welcome on my lawn.
He also announced his support for the program 10 minutes after he expressed pushback.
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