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November 20, 2019September 19, 2020by Jefferson MorleyIn ActivitiesCongressNSASurveillanceSurveillanceUnited States
House Democrats Include Patriot Act Reauthorization in Funding Bill
Congressional Democrats still refuse to end the post 9/11 legal regime of mass surveillance. That regime violates the constitution as Edward Snow notes, and it uncovered exactly one terrorist plot. The Democrats voted to keep it alive. Evan Greer, deputy director of digital rights group Fight for the Future, highlighted the provision on Twitter shortly...