Sunday, May 25, 2014

National Security Agency's Phone Record Collection

According to the Washington Times, the House voted Thursday to cancel the NSA’s bulk-data phone records collection program, marking an overwhelming show of bipartisanship that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago and delivering a stern message to the nation’s intelligence community that lawmakers want limits on what the spies are snooping. Backers touted the bill as the first major restriction imposed on government surveillance since the late 1970s and said if it becomes law, the National Security Agency will no longer be able to collect and query most Americans’ phone records.
The House bill had relatively good bipartisan support, but the Senate will have to approve the bill before it goes to President Obama for his signature. A favorable aspect is that Pres. Obama appears to indicate his support. Since the Democratic Senate generally follows the President's lead, there's a good chance that the bill will become law and therefore consistent with the 10th Amendment to the Constitution on property rights.

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