Obama Says Email Privacy Gone

[delldude]

And you guys flipped over Bush's Patriot Act.

This one's on you.......

A Senate proposal touted as protecting Americans' e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten, giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess under current law.
CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail, is scheduled for next week.

Revised bill highlights



✭ Grants warrantless access to Americans' electronic correspondence to over 22 federal agencies. Only a subpoena is required, not a search warrant signed by a judge based on probable cause.
✭ Permits state and local law enforcement to warrantlessly access Americans' correspondence stored on systems not offered "to the public," including university networks.
✭ Authorizes any law enforcement agency to access accounts without a warrant -- or subsequent court review -- if they claim "emergency" situations exist.
✭ Says providers "shall notify" law enforcement in advance of any plans to tell their customers that they've been the target of a warrant, order, or subpoena.
✭ Delays notification of customers whose accounts have been accessed from 3 days to "10 business days." This notification can be postponed by up to 360 days.
Leahy's rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies -- including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission -- to access Americans' e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant. It also would give the FBI and Homeland Security more authority, in some circumstances, to gain full access to Internet accounts without notifying either the owner or a judge.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552225-38/senate-bill-rewrite-lets-feds-read-your-e-mail-without-warrants/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

 

[SparrowHawk]

For YEARS I told you the next battleground for the tyranical assault on Liberty would be control of the Internet. The Bankster boys are wasting no time getting Uncle Tom Obama working on doing their bidding.

Here is a visual for you.

Barack & Michelle sitting in bed reading YOUR e-mail. Got the visual now? Still not on the phone to your Senators?

 

[700UW]

Lets see it says S E N A T E, proposal, not White House.

Those pesky facts get in the way.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Lets see it says S E N A T E, proposal, not White House.

Those pesky facts get in the way.

Do the Democrats control the Senate?
Is the Party that controls the Senate the same as the Presidents?
Is it a FACT that Goldman Sach donated nearly 1.5 million to his campaigns along with many other Wall Street firms?

If you answered YES to the above then you've been paying attention. These Tyrants have come after our Civil Liberties on a consistent and ongoing basis. This isn't new and it started long before Bush took office. Now since 9/11 the pace of government tyranny has picked up dramatically. IMO this is in anticipation of either a worldwide economic collapse due to Debt or a Currency Collapse here in the US. In either situation the government will need thse laws to maintain power and steal it from the people.

Gotta go that pesky drone is circling again. Don't think it won't happen here! It already is and you willingly welcomed it.

 

[700UW]

Last time I checked Republicans and Independents can write bills too.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Last time I checked Republicans and Independents can write bills too.

Ignore the above at your peril. Consider this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALN7LTeLxtI&feature=youtu.be

 

[700UW]

Last month, Leahy introduced legislation called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011 (PDF) that would, in many cases, require police to obtain a search warrant to access private communications and the locations of mobile devices. But one important exception maintains the status quo: it does not require a warrant for police to peruse your historical whereabouts obtained by recording the movements of your cell phone, even if the location data are only a few hours old.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Last month, Leahy introduced legislation called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011 (PDF) that would, in many cases, require police to obtain a search warrant to access private communications and the locations of mobile devices. But one important exception maintains the status quo: it does not require a warrant for police to peruse your historical whereabouts obtained by recording the movements of your cell phone, even if the location data are only a few hours old.

Well, well well just lookie here at what the Senator Leahy and the rest of the Bankster owned tyrants have come up with.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552225-38/senate-bill-rewrite-lets-feds-read-your-e-mail-without-warrants/

Now try to follow along.

Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail, is scheduled for next week.

Revised bill highlights



✭ Grants warrantless access to Americans' electronic correspondence to over 22 federal agencies. Only a subpoena is required, not a search warrant signed by a judge based on probable cause.
✭ Permits state and local law enforcement to warrantlessly access Americans' correspondence stored on systems not offered "to the public," including university networks.
✭ Authorizes any law enforcement agency to access accounts without a warrant -- or subsequent court review -- if they claim "emergency" situations exist.
✭ Says providers "shall notify" law enforcement in advance of any plans to tell their customers that they've been the target of a warrant, order, or subpoena.
✭ Delays notification of customers whose accounts have been accessed from 3 days to "10 business days." This notification can be postponed by up to 360 days.


Leahy's rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies -- including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission -- to access Americans' e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant

 

[eolesen]

If this comes to pass, EU Privacy Laws could essentially kill off the use of US based companies like Google, Facebook, etc. in those countries. Not my problem -- I don't invest in tech companies.

 

[delldude]

Lets see it says S E N A T E, proposal, not White House.

Those pesky facts get in the way.

Pesky fact will be Obama signs it he owns it.......LOL

 

[SparrowHawk]

Leahy just scuttled the bil. Another victory for Liberty

 

[xUT]

Pesky fact will be Obama signs it he owns it.......LOL

If only Al Gore didn't invent the internet, we wouldn't know these things... LOL
B) xUT

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Another pesky fact is that it would have had to pass both the house and senate. But hey, if you want to stretch all that rhetoric from a bill that never made it to a vote in one branch of congress into:

"Obama Says Email Privacy Gone"

You are very nimble to be able to reach that far with this one.

 

[SparrowHawk]

Another pesky fact is that it would have had to pass both the house and senate. But hey, if you want to stretch all that rhetoric from a bill that never made it to a vote in one branch of congress into:

"Obama Says Email Privacy Gone"

You are very nimble to be able to reach that far with this one.

The price of Freedom is eternal vigilence!

Our civil liberties are under assault at every turn from the jack booted tyrants in Washington. If we the people allow the government to even regulate one comma of what is posted on the Internet we are done as a free society.

The assault on the Internet is going on because it's the one area the governments of the world haven't been able to control or regulate content. It is the last bastion of Free speech and that frightens Governments. These governments must be shown that even the slightest hint of regulation or censorship will be met with outrage EVERY time. Our Liberty & that of the world depends upon us.

 

[delldude]

Another pesky fact is that it would have had to pass both the house and senate. But hey, if you want to stretch all that rhetoric from a bill that never made it to a vote in one branch of congress into:

"Obama Says Email Privacy Gone"

You are very nimble to be able to reach that far with this one.

It passed the house previously....only needing Senate to become law.

The package (PDF) is a substitute for H.R. 2471, which the House of Representatives already has approved.

You need some better news info sources pal.

It will be back.