Senate blocks allowing access to online data without warrant

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“We aren’t asking for content, we’re asking for usage,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in defense of the measure. “This is an important tool.”
Three years ago, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations about the agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records set off a fierce debate, pitting civil libertarians concerned about privacy against more hawkish lawmakers fearful about losing tools to combat terrorism. Democrats and some Republicans pushed through a reauthoriz

ation of the Patriot Act last year that ended the program.
Civil libertarians and privacy advocates decried the measure to the Justice Department spending bill giving federal law enforcement direct access to email and text message logs, internet browsing histories and other potentially sensitive online data. Critics also doubted the new authority would have prevented the mass shooting in Orlando.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/senate-blocks-allowing-access-to-online-data-without-warrant/



Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., opposed the amendment and decried what he said was the hypocrisy of defending gun rights while pushing for a measure that would undermine the constitutional prohibition against unlawful search and seizures. The Senate on Monday rejected plans to curb firearms, with many Republicans refusing to approve any legislation that would infringe on the broad right to bear arms.

"Due process ought to apply as it relates to guns, but due process wouldn't apply as it relates to the internet activity of millions of Americans," Wyden said. AP

[Rex]

1. Screw John McCain, I hope he loses his seat and has to crawl back under his rock.

That POS has no respect for the American people or the Constitution. Just a typical GOPukers.