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US House votes to re-authorize law that allows warrantless surveillance of citizens (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Totally unhinged, further manufacturing consent for blatantly disregarding constitutional right to privacy.

The truth is W Bush had reviewed reports a month ahead of time indicating the 9/11 plot, and chose to ignore it thinking it was too outlandish. Oops. Still, the pre-patriot act, pre-fisa systems we had in place were sufficient. This is just classic overreach by a nanny state insistent on bolstering its spy apparatus.