cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/15271710

Not a good result. The good amendment to add a warrant requirement failed on a tie vote; bad amendments to expand the scope of warrantless wiretapping passed. Next step: a Senate vote.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      The Patriot Act* didn’t exist before 9/11. Your argument is invalid.

      Also, the NSA can get the FBI to get a warrant for the person in the US. We already have mechanisms for monitoring communications in the US.

      * It’s actually called the USA PATRIOT Act, which is an acronym for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” I prefer the acronym U SAP AT RIOT/

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      7 months ago

      What if they never wrote “bin Laden Determined to Strike US” because they didn’t know?

      They got that information before section 702 was a thing. You’re supporting GWB’s wiretapping policy.