Website review: Congress: We&039;ll ban Bush&039;s ...
ilamont discovered this in Politics
•8 reviews since May 17, 2007
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•computerworld.com/blogs/node/5526
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ilamont discovered 14 months ago- From the page: "If Congress gets its way, the NSA's massive, unauthorized wiretapping and Web-tapping program will be banned. The House of Representatives just passed a law saying that the NSA cannot perform any electronic surveillance except under an existing law -- a law that the NSA, with President Bush's approval, has ignored."
- abbynormal92243 rated 14 months ago
- From the page: "That law requires that the NSA get approval from a judge before it performs electronic surveillance, including tapping the Internet. In emergency situations, the tap can be put on, and a judge asked for the tap retroactively." Yeah, but who defines "emergency"?
- JD001 rated 14 months ago
- Such powers are uncalled for in a democratic society...
- markssoapbox rated 14 months ago
- Heaven forbid the Democrats actually side with America on Terrorism. I am amazed at how short-sided and politically driven the liberals are on almost every subject. Last time I checked they are supposed to be fighting FOR America not Against. Oh well, guess it's easier to hate Bush and pretend to be and American than to actaully care about America. Typical self-loathing liberals. Hate America first! that's the liberal attitude. FLYINGROSE - the House of Reps CAN NOT PASS LAWS, THEY PASS BILLS. THEN THE SENATE MUST WEIGH IN, THEN THE PRESIDENT. geez go back to school people (a good one, not a liberal public school).
- flyingrose rated 14 months ago
- I doubt that passing laws will actually prevent the continued data mining of Internet and other activity. From the page: "If Congress gets its way, the NSA's massive, unauthorized wiretapping and Web-tapping program will be banned. The House of Representatives just passed a law saying that the NSA cannot perform any electronic surveillance except under an existing law -- a law that the NSA, with President Bush's approval, has ignored. The House just passed HR 2082, which authorizes funding for intelligence activities. It also explicitly states that the the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is "the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance may be conducted for gathering foreign intelligence information." That law requires that the NSA get approval from a judge before it performs electronic surveillance, including tapping the Internet. In emergency situations, the tap can be put on, and a judge asked for the tap retroactively. That law had been followed by every president, whether Republican or Democrat, until the NSA began violating it in concert with AT&T, BellSouth, and Verizon. AT&T is being sued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for its part in the surveillance. According to an EFF press release, "AT&T, in addition to allowing the NSA direct access to the phone and Internet communications passing over its network, has given the government unfettered access to its over 300 terabyte 'Daytona' database of caller informationâ€"one of the largest databases in the world." The Senate still has to act on the new law. It should follow the lead of the House and ban the unauthorized surveillance."
- Jackanapes rated 14 months ago
First of all in response to Kymus:
Echelon has long been replaced with better off the shelf technology. The NSA has little problem monitoring the vast open Internet.
Regarding this law it's indeed lip service as logic would dictate that a 1978 law that is ignored already begs the question of how will it be enforced any more rigorously than it already is.
You can pass all the laws in the world but they are only as good as the enforcement behind them.
- Kymus rated 14 months ago
- why do I have a feeling that this will end up being mostly lip service and everyone will magically forget about Echelon? Then again, the mainstream media doesn't talk about Echelon, so therefore, it's already been forgotten.
