Posted on 04/03/2020 6:18:25 AM PDT by thirst4truth
Thank you for contacting me about reforming the National Security Agency's mass surveillance program. I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.
As you may know, I have been fighting against overly broad domestic surveillance for well over a decade, and I remain deeply concerned about protecting Americans' Fourth Amendment privacy rights from unnecessary government surveillance. Currently, a controversial law referred to as Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act permits the National Security Agency (NSA) to engage in a mass surveillance program targeting Americans and their data. The Section 215 law is set to expire in March 2020, so I am using this opportunity to continue leading the charge on ending the NSA's surveillance program.
In March 2019, I introduced legislation to end authority for the NSA's phone records collection program-a program that had collected hundreds of millions of Americans' records and was so flawed that the NSA shut it down. In January 2020, I introduced legislation that would again end authority for the NSA program while also reforming other aspects of Section 215-for example, by prohibiting warrantless collection of Americans' geo-location information. My bill also generally reforms the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act process, expands transparency and oversight, and closes loopholes and prohibits secret interpretations the law, like those that led to unconstitutional warrantless surveillance. My bill has already received bicameral and bipartisan support in Congress, and as your Senator, I will do everything I can to put Americans' constitutional rights front and center.
The fight to protect Americans' constitutional rights against government overreach is an ongoing one. Please be assured that my fight to prevent violations of Americans' rights and civil liberties will remain a top priority. You can find more information about my efforts to defend civil liberties and Americans' constitutional rights here: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/issues/security-and-liberty.
If I may be of assistance in the future, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely,
Ron Wyden
United States Senator
Except the Obama decade..................
“Except the Obama decade..................”
Ain’t that the truth!
Either that or a Freeper who foolishly believes a lying Democrat?
Wyden is my Senator, and is probably the dumbest man in the Senate. Nobody can beat him because Oregon has more progressives than Douglas firs.
Besides you would have to wear a raincoat to debate him. He can’t talk without spitting on something or someone.
Even if this bill passes, the NSA will just ignore the law completely, or use 3rd parties to go around it.
“Either that or a Freeper who foolishly believes a lying Democrat?”
My Democrat senator lied through her teeth about being a “moderate.” Then she voted to convict Trump and for Pelosi’s boondoggle. Never trust them.
We don’t want lip service we want the abuses stopped.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.