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Indi Guy

(3,992 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 03:05 AM Sep 2013

Americans Need More Protection From NSA Surveillance: Committee Chairman

Source: the guardian



The chairman of the House judiciary committee said on Wednesday that he believed "further protections are necessary" to protect Americans' civil liberties from the nation's surveillance programs.

After a classified hearing with senior intelligence officials, Republican congressman Bob Goodlatte called for "robust oversight" of intelligence programs.

"Over the past few months, the House judiciary committee has conducted vigorous oversight of our nation's foreign surveillance programs, including today's classified hearing," Goodlatte said.

"I appreciate the witnesses' testimony today further detailing these programs and the current practices employed by the agencies to protect US citizens' civil liberties. However, I am convinced that further protections are necessary."...

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/18/americans-protection-nsa-surveillance-house

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Americans Need More Protection From NSA Surveillance: Committee Chairman (Original Post) Indi Guy Sep 2013 OP
There's only one way to protect US from the NSA Demeter Sep 2013 #1
Your thought waves will soon be our property, peons. blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #2
Good to know Cryptoad Sep 2013 #3
 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
1. There's only one way to protect US from the NSA
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 03:26 AM
Sep 2013

Defund the NSA, destroy its hardware and buildings, and fire all its contractors. Publicly.


And write strict privacy law into the Constitution, so strict that not even Fat Tony can ignore it.

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