The Patriot Act is up again, and some want MORE of it!
Apr 26, 2015 11:31:43 GMT -6
Nugget, Glencairn, and 4 more like this
Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 11:31:43 GMT -6
It is that time again. Time for politicians to insure both faces are firmly in place to alternate between the BS the public is told, vs. the BS they tell each other when we aren't nearby to hear it (or reports of it).
It starts out differently, actually........almost positive.
That is just the intro, and here is the phony meat.
Woo-Hoo! Bipartisanship! They CAN work together! .....hey...wait a sec. Something must not be how it appears, eh? (if you guessed that, give yourself a smiley face for the day)
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Hey, with reforms like that? The original version isn't looking so bad! Then again, that may well be the point. 'Offer' far worse than they know can pass, so people come to look on what we have as reasonable ....by comparison....
Ahh...and this is how free nations ooze into the pit of authoritarianism. (Yes, there really IS an 'ism' for everything.
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It starts out differently, actually........almost positive.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With debate gearing up over the coming expiration of the Patriot Act surveillance law, the Obama administration on Saturday unveiled a 6-year-old report examining the once-secret program to collect information on Americans' calls and emails.
That is just the intro, and here is the phony meat.
A bipartisan group of House members has been working on such legislation, dubbed the USA Freedom Act. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Friday that Obama is pleased the efforts are restarting in the House.
"Hopefully, the next place where Democrats and Republicans will turn their attention and try to work together is on this issue of putting in place important reforms to the Patriot Act," Earnest said.
"Hopefully, the next place where Democrats and Republicans will turn their attention and try to work together is on this issue of putting in place important reforms to the Patriot Act," Earnest said.
Woo-Hoo! Bipartisanship! They CAN work together! .....hey...wait a sec. Something must not be how it appears, eh? (if you guessed that, give yourself a smiley face for the day)
The Patriot Act expires on June 1, and Senate Republicans have introduced a bill that would allow continued collection of call records of nearly every American. The legislation would reauthorize sections of the Patriot Act, including the provision under which the NSA requires phone companies to turn over the "to and from" records of most domestic landline calls.
Hey, with reforms like that? The original version isn't looking so bad! Then again, that may well be the point. 'Offer' far worse than they know can pass, so people come to look on what we have as reasonable ....by comparison....
Ahh...and this is how free nations ooze into the pit of authoritarianism. (Yes, there really IS an 'ism' for everything.
)
