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Good journalism doesn't bury the raw material. Go back to journalism school, zdnet. For those who want to read it- only took me about 15 minutes to get to the
by droopybuns 10y ago
Good journalism doesn't bury the raw material. Go back to journalism school, zdnet.
For those who want to read it- only took me about 15 minutes to get to the following:
The amendment is as follows:
(Purpose: To amend section 2709 of title 18,
United States Code, to clarify that the
Government may obtain a specified set of
electronic communication transactional
records under that section, and to make
permanent the authority for individual
terrorists to be treated as agents of foreign
powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act of 1978)
At the appropriate place , insert the following:
SEC. lll. Section 2709 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking subsection
(b) and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, or his or her
designee in a position not lower than Deputy
Assistant Director at Bureau headquarters
or a Special Agent in Charge in a Bureau
field office designated by the Director, may,
using a term that specifically identifies a
person, entity, telephone number, or account
as the basis for a request, request information
and records described in paragraph (2) of
a person or entity, but not the contents of an
electronic communication, if the Director
(or his or her designee) certifies in writing to
the wire or electronic communication service
provider to which the request is made
that the information and records sought are
relevant to an authorized investigation to
protect against international terrorism or
clandestine intelligence activities, provided
that such an investigation of a United States
person is not conducted solely on the basis of
activities protected by the first amendment
to the Constitution of the United States.
‘‘(2) OBTAINABLE TYPES OF INFORMATION AND
RECORDS.—The information and records described
in this paragraph are the following:
‘‘(A) Name, physical address, e-mail address,
telephone number, instrument number,
and other similar account identifying
information.
‘‘(B) Account number, login history, length
of service (including start date), types of
service, and means and sources of payment
for service (including any card or bank account
information).
‘‘(C) Local and long distance toll billing
records.
‘‘(D) Internet Protocol (commonly known
as ‘IP’) address or other network address, including
any temporarily assigned IP or network
address, communication addressing,
routing, or transmission information, including
any network address translation information
(but excluding cell tower information),
and session times and durations for an
electronic communication.’’.
SEC. lll. Section 6001 of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
(50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking
subsection (b).
If you are calling your representatives, the relevant points of reference are:
On June 20th, Senator McCain introduced an amendment to section 2709 of title 18 that allows the director of the FBI to obtain (among other things) internet protocol records of american citizens without a warrant.
If you're inclined to, I'd suggest calling them and underlining the importance of the warrant process for approving collection of this data, rather than the FBI's opinion that it is important.
J. Edgar Hoover taught us that the FBI cannot be trusted with this kind of open-ended privilege. Even with judicial review, the FBI still misbehaves. Let's not make it easy for them to be lazy.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/feb/19/aaron-swartz-fbi-tracked-classified-documents https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/feb/19/aaron-swa...