Author here, original title is: "Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant" but I'm guessi

Author here, original title is: "Congress plans to expand Patriot Act with DOJ access to your web browsing and search activity without a warrant" but I'm guessing OP couldn't fit that in HN so they did some selective truncating. This is a proposed amendment to a bill (USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act) that has the backing of the Executive Branch and majority party and the offending amendment in question was proposed by the Senate Majority Leader so while a vast majority of proposed bills do rarely go anywhere this particular instance is clear on the other end of that spectrum. To your point about this article being from an advocacy source - I'm certainly an advocate for privacy rights and civil liberties. These articles are put out on PIA's blog (Privacy News Online) which is a Google News outlet and abides by editorial standards. I'm fortunate to be able to dedicate time to covering this type of news because there aren't many people doing so.