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NSA Reform: When 293 Votes Is Not A Majority
Late this afternoon, I was informed that the only NSA reform measure to pass either chamber of Congress this year–the Lofgren/Massie amendment to the FY15 DoD approps bill–is being stripped out of that bill as part of the House-Senate deal … Continue reading
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Tagged AUMF, Capitol Hill, civil liberties, Congress, FISA, FISC, NSA, PATRIOT Act, Politics, September 11, Snowden, surveillance, Tom Massie, Zoe Lofgren
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Richard Cohen’s Edward Snowden Assessment, Revised
You can read his column here. Being both a former CIA analyst-turned-whistleblower-turned-Hill staffer, my background–and my sense of the history of these things–lead me to offer the following: The only traitors in this episode are executive branch officials who knowingly … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, FISA, FISC, NSA, Obama, PATRIOT Act, Richard Cohen, Snowden, STELLAR WIND, surveillance, Washington Post
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Long Strange Journey 