When the Patriot Act first showed up my jaw fell. I thought that was pretty Draconian at the time. Now, reading about this my fears are confirmed.
It’s worse than I thought.
From Wired:
Two Senators have been warning for months that the government has a secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act so broad that it amounts to an entire different law — one that gives the feds massive domestic surveillance powers, and keeps the rest of us in the dark about the snooping.
“There is a significant discrepancy between what most Americans – including many members of Congress – think the Patriot Act allows the government to do and how government officials interpret that same law,†wrote the Senators, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. “We believe that most members of the American public would be very surprised to learn how federal surveillance law is being interpreted in secret. â€
This was a rather disturbing read to say the least.
Be sure to check out the full article.
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