New FISA legislation

C

Cypress

Well-known member
If you're of the I'm-not-a-republican republican style of libertarian, and you are on record publically denouncing Bush's erosion of civil liberties, make sure to call your congress person to support this. Especially if you have a republican congress person ;)


House introduces new FISA legislation. Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) introduced the RESTORE Act, the Responsible Electronic Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007. Here are the key provisions:

* Restores court oversight of intelligence by requiring that electronic surveillance programs be approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court
* Mandates that FISA warrants be obtained when the administration wants to undertake surveillance of persons in the US
* No retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies that cooperated with the administration’s warrantless surveillance
* Does not require individual warrants when targets are reasonably believed to be abroad
* Ensures FISA is the exclusive means of electronic surveillance and that no modifications can be made without express legal authorization

A summary of the RESTORE Act can be found here. The bill also requires the Justice Department to reveal the details of all electronic surveillance conducted without court orders since 9/11.
Click to expand...
 
Cypress said:
If you're of the I'm-not-a-republican republican style of libertarian, and you are on record publically denouncing Bush's erosion of civil liberties, make sure to call your congress person to support this. Especially if you have a republican congress person ;)
Click to expand...

Why? The Republicans don't give a darned what we think and they sure as heck don't care what the Founding Fathers thought. And if you contact them about it, they'll put you on a watch list and make sure that every time you take a crap it comes out brown.

Remember all these things are being done for your own good. So suck it up and live with it.

Immie
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top