Congress should investigate the National Security Agency’s surveillance...
Congress should investigate the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs that allow it to access phone records (CD June 7 p1) and online communications (CD June 10 p5), said 86 civil liberties groups and Internet companies in a letter to lawmakers…
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Monday (http://bit.ly/11EzTA5). Signatories include the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Knowledge, the Center for Democracy and Technology and Knowledge Ecology International as well as browser maker Mozilla, social news site Reddit and meme site 4chan. “This type of blanket data collection by the government strikes at bedrock American values of freedom and privacy” and “violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens’ right to speak and associate anonymously and guard against unreasonable searches and seizures that protect their right to privacy,” the groups said in their letter, urging Congress to reform the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act and create “a special committee to investigate, report, and reveal to the public the extent of this domestic spying.” The groups also launched an online petition (www.stopwatching.us) where users can sign on to voice their support for the calls made in the letter.