Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D – CA) has been pretty open about the fact that her “change but preserve” NSA bill would do materially nothing to stop the bulk collection of Americans’ private data. Turns out that’s the least of the problem.
As the high profile “reform” bill competes with an alternative bill from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D – VT) that would actually eliminate parts of the NSA’s spying authority, the Feinstein bill is actually worse than nothing, and gives the NSA new powers it didn’t have before.
Feinstein’s House counterpart, Rep. Mark Rogers (R – MI), had been complaining about a “loophole” where the NSA isn’t allowed to directly surveil people inside the United States, because that’s the FBI’s job. Feinstein would allow the NSA to keep treating foreigners inside the United States as if they weren’t inside the United States for seven days automatically, and longer with a court order.
Feinstein defended the need for mass surveillance, citing the attack on a mall in Kenya, and arguing that conceivably without full surveillance of the entire planet somewhat might’ve attacked a mall inside the US.
Kenya Islamist terrorists there non Islamist NRA gun loving terrorism here, the gabble here gabble there is to keep NSA as it is, even expending its power for yet another gabble or another gabble. NSA is the Neo formation of a total militarized regime, in time it well replace FBI and CIA replacing the present militarism regime to a totalitarian. Good luck American people with your democracy and where is heading.
Yes, she is ready for the old folk's retirement home.
Fear!!!! Panic!!!! Fear!!!! You MUST be afraid!!!!!
But don't worry – we'll take care of you…
This is Feinstein's MO. She did the same with Section 1021 of he NDAA; proposed a deceitful "reform" of it.
This is one of the many bloated Zionist lackeys we have in our govt.
What we used to call traitor.
Now, if Feinstein's bill actually added AUSTIN Powers, I'd be behind that 100%. YEAHHH BABY!
Greenwald exposed in the Guardian that NSA provides raw, unfiltered data of US citizens' to Israel. raw data to ONLY Israel. Isn't that the country Fienstein always puts first instead of US?