Congress Pulls Bill That Would Massively Expand Surveillance After ‘Dramatic Showdown’::The House was set to vote on two competing bills reauthorizing a powerful mass surveillance tool, but faced backlash from rights groups.

  • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    such shocker bills are to wear out public outrage. they overreach, get shut down, everyone gets all comfy about it and then they come back with a less overreaching new bill that represents what they actually wanted in the first place, and people will just accept it without protest.

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        9 months ago

        These fucks need to learn the momen they out of office, they’ll become a target to this, if not way sooner. It so stupid and not even near-sighted.

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