Saturday, 13 December 2014
quote [ The objections from Amash and others arose from language in the bill's Section 309, which includes a phrase to allow for "the acquisition, retention, and dissemination" of U.S. phone and Internet data. That passage will give unprecedented statutory authority to allow for the surveillance of private communications that currently exists only under a decades-old presidential decree, known as Executive Order 12333. ]
House bill text: http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20141208/FY%202015%20IAA.PDF
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