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Politics : Politics for Conservatives
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To: skinowski who wrote (14533)7/26/2013 9:11:19 AM
From: DMaA  Read Replies (4) of 125442
 
And anyway the issue is the all encompassing Federal Eye, not Snowden.

I see our wonderful Republican leadership fought back an attempt to put a patch on that eye:

Congress nearly shuts down NSA phone dragnet in sudden 205-217 vote

A critical vote for intelligence funding today showed that Congress is sharply divided on the issue of NSA domestic surveillance. This afternoon, the House of Representatives narrowly shot down an amendment that would have stopped the NSA from engaging in any warrantless collection of telephone data in a 205-217 vote.

The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) and co-sponsored by John Conyers (D-MI). The summary of the amendment read:

Ends authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act. Bars the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect records, including telephone call records, that pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215.



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