Jim Sensenbrenner takes NSA reform case to European parliament

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Jim Sensenbrenner takes NSA reform case to European parliament

Dan Roberts in Washington
theguardian.com, Monday 11 November 2013 19.30 GMT

The Washington lawmaker who is leading efforts to reform US surveillance practices has warned European politicians that his legislation faces a difficult ride through Congress and resisted calls to expand the law by adding provisions to protect the privacy of foreigners.

Representative Jim Sensenbrenner told a meeting of the civil liberties and justice committee of the European parliament to focus hopes on diplomatic negotiations instead – pointing to a key Washington meeting next week, between EU commissioner Viviane Reding and US attorney general Eric Holder.

Sensenbrenner's testimony, thought to be the first by a US congressman before a committee of the European parliament, points to the difficulties that reformers in Washington face in assembling a coalition to push reform legislation though Congress.

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Sesenbrenner also attacked rival reforms proposed by the chair of the Senate intelligence committee, Dianne Feinstein, which he described as a "scary" attempt to expand the powers of the NSA.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/11/sensenbrenner-leahy-nsa-reform-european-parliament

[Blue_Tires]

1. The more involved Sesenbrenner is, the more suspicious I get...

[Laelth]

2. I'm glad he called out Senator Feinstein for her proposal.

He's right to do so.

-Laelth