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Is this the key? Will lawmakers start realising that anti-privacy laws will eventually be used against them? Will they start supporting privacy laws? One can o

• _bxg1 6y ago
  Probably they'll start carving out bespoke protections for themselves
  • TAForObvReasons 6y ago
    This whole situation started from bespoke protections wherein Congress members weren't subject to insider trading rules.
  • ViViDboarder 6y ago
    Yes. Like with the Patriot act. They are attempting now to add additional oversight if used to investigate an elected official or candidate.
    • billme 6y ago
      “(G) if the target of the electronic surveillance is an elected Federal official or a candidate in a Federal election, that the Attorney General has approved in writing of the investigation;“ Exactly.
    • DenisM 6y ago
      Which exceptions for US senators were written into the patriot act?
      • ta17711771 6y ago
        > attempting now
  • votepaunchy 6y ago
    Like with the Gates Procedures.
• chippy 6y ago
  nope. They passed an amendment exempting Senators from the FBI's no-warrant-needed web browsing snooping this week. One law for the law-makers and one law for everyone else.