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The bill isn't all it's cracked up to be. It creates new legal basis for some surveillance activities that are arguably illegal, immunizes companies who partici
by apendleton 12y ago
The bill isn't all it's cracked up to be. It creates new legal basis for some surveillance activities that are arguably illegal, immunizes companies who participate in mass surveillance, and (most problematically), reauthorizes the Patriot Act. See: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/09/15/sunlight-ellsberg-pccc-tenth-amendment-center-and-others-oppose-the-senate-version-of-the-usa-freedom-act/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/09/15/sunlight-ellsb...
- Rapzid 12y agoI've noticed this quite a bit recently.. Maybe I'm just older and it has being going on forever. Bills on the surface that look like they are accomplishing what you want, but when you read between the lines they actually give the nod to stuff you don't want to be happening at all. Secret courts? Advocate. Now secret courts are more OK because apparently we reviewed them and decided they are fine with an advocate. This just cements the status quo into our system.
- coldpie 12y agoRome wasn't built in a day. Legislation is a series of compromises. Think of it more as moving down the field towards your goal against the opposite team, instead of just teleporting there. Specifically, this bill makes phone spying much more onerous, and critically increases transparency which will immediately curtail abuses and fuel further debate. This isn't the last word on the topic.
- marcosdumay 12y ago> This isn't the last word on the topic. Are you sure about that? Because once such law get effective, replacing it will read like an admission of failure to everybody that helped it pass.
- 001sky 12y agoThis is common strategy in propoganda.