{"id":342278,"date":"2018-01-04T03:27:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T02:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security\/"},"modified":"2018-01-04T03:27:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T02:27:52","slug":"prison-planet-com-bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Bulk surveillance is the wrong way to approach security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/technology\/367109-bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security\"><strong>The Hill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 3, 2018<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514926952284_11152\"><strong><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514926952284_11151\">Lost in the shuffle of a tax bill and a rush to fund the government before\u00a0Dec. 22, civil libertarians scored a major victory when House Republican leadership pulled the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act. Instead, the House passed a short-term reauthorization of current law that extends it through\u00a0Jan. 19.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514926952284_11163\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514926952284_11162\">We hope that House Republican leadership will use the additional time to allow a real debate on surveillance in the United States and consider other legislative proposals that protect Americans\u2019 Fourth Amendment rights. They should abandon consideration of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act in the new year, which would simply continue the erosion of our liberties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514926952284_15913\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514926952284_15912\">Proponents of the bill falsely claim it \u201creforms\u201d Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Act\u00a0\u2014 a controversial law used to spy on Americans. The reality is that it could be read as\u00a0expanding\u00a0authority under Section 702. It also risks codifying current illegal practices, and it does not adopt meaningful privacy protections that have been supported by a majority of House members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0is what happens when there are secret negotiations about a law used in secret ways.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/technology\/367109-bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, January 3, 2018  at  8:59 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/bulk-surveillance-is-the-wrong-way-to-approach-security.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HillJanuary 3, 2018 Lost in the shuffle of a tax bill and a rush to fund the government before\u00a0Dec. 22, civil libertarians scored a major victory when House Republican leadership pulled the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act. Instead, the House passed a short-term reauthorization of current law that extends it through\u00a0Jan. 19. 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