Of two major surveillance overhauls before Congress, one entrenches...
Of two major surveillance overhauls before Congress, one entrenches National Security Agency practices and the other ends them, reiterated American Civil Liberties Union Legislative Counsel Michelle Richardson in a Guardian op-ed Friday (http://bit.ly/1iRXOBd). Richardson and others have told us of…
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doubts about the FISA Improvements Act by Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., after it cleared the committee early this month (CD Nov 4 p10). Richardson advocates for the USA Freedom Act of Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “No matter how you cut it, the Feinstein bill is a big step backwards for privacy, and the USA Freedom Act is an incredibly important step forward,” Richardson wrote. She warned Feinstein’s bill would be “congressional stamp of approval for [the government’s] past overreach.” Maplight, a nonpartisan research group that tracks campaign finance, tracked the amount of money top intelligence contractors have given Feinstein and Leahy since 2007 and on Thursday posted a blog post on the topic and the senators’ surveillance proposals. Feinstein received three times as much as Leahy, with $107,050 for her to $35,300 for him (http://bit.ly/1etLLN9). Feinstein’s spokesman declined comment.