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It's a bit frustrating to see that sunset clauses for laws trying something controversial aren't more common. What we're seeing right now (everyone debating whe
by black_puppydog 4y ago
It's a bit frustrating to see that sunset clauses for laws trying something controversial aren't more common. What we're seeing right now (everyone debating whether this was good or not) is what I'd have wanted to see for most/all surveillance laws.
I'm hoping they find something reasonable to follow up; for what it costs it really left a huge impression on everyone I've been talking to, quite the flagship project.
- orwin 4y agoYeah, it was quite tiring for the agents and strained the infrastructure, but they now have solid data on the effect of such policy, and can now plan how to incorporate the policy completely, or find a middle ground, and adjust the infrastructure accordingly.
- njarboe 4y agoThe "PATROIT" act did have sunset clauses. It kept getting re-uped but finally expired on March 15th, 2020 mainly due to Trump's veto threat. The vote on the bill to extend the act was indefinitely postponed.[1] So you are right that having those sunset clauses are important. That being said, many of the surveillance provisions in the act were retained in other bills and the history and current situation is pretty complicated[2]. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act#Section_expirations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act#Section_expiration... [2]https://www.justsecurity.org/78753/rethinking-surveillance-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-patriot-act/ https://www.justsecurity.org/78753/rethinking-surveillance-o...