From the annals of Sensible things that will never come to pass:

'Just Let the Patriot Act Die You Cowards': House Lawmakers Urged to Vote Down Flawed Domestic Spy Bill

"It would be unconscionable for the Democratic House to pass any PATRIOT Act reauthorization without critical privacy reforms."

[The problem is that the "Patriot" Act is a fascist's wet dream. It was their foot in the door. Asking them to give it up would be... an act of optimism. Their goal is to expand the civil violations, not repeal them.]

Progressive privacy advocates and civil libertarians on Wednesday called on constituents to urgently call their representative in the U.S. House and demand they vote against a surveillance bill that would allow the Justice Department and FBI to spy on the internet browser histories of people living in the United States—including citizens and undocumented immigrants.

... "It would be unconscionable for the Democratic House to pass any PATRIOT Act reauthorization without critical privacy reforms that would pass the Senate," said Vitka. "It is on Congress, and in particular House Democrats, to protect people from [Attorney General] Bill Barr's FBI."

#PatriotAct #Internet #Privacy

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