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ETA: If Sen. Leahy's bill passes...
My facebook feed lit up with this one today...Sen. Leahy rewrote his bill which now allows >22 federal agencies to gain access to your email, FB, twitter accounts without a warrant, and without telling you that they are accessing them. Patriot Act, NDAA, why not this? Our liberties are being chipped away and nobody seems to care...
Revised bill highlights
✭ Grants warrantless access to Americans' electronic correspondence to over 22 federal agencies. Only a subpoena is required, not a search warrant signed by a judge based on probable cause.
✭ Permits state and local law enforcement to warrantlessly access Americans' correspondence stored on systems not offered "to the public," including university networks.
✭ Authorizes any law enforcement agency to access accounts without a warrant -- or subsequent court review -- if they claim "emergency" situations exist.
✭ Says providers "shall notify" law enforcement in advance of any plans to tell their customers that they've been the target of a warrant, order, or subpoena.
✭ Delays notification of customers whose accounts have been accessed from 3 days to "10 business days." This notification can be postponed by up to 360 days.
My facebook feed lit up with this one today...Sen. Leahy rewrote his bill which now allows >22 federal agencies to gain access to your email, FB, twitter accounts without a warrant, and without telling you that they are accessing them. Patriot Act, NDAA, why not this? Our liberties are being chipped away and nobody seems to care...
Revised bill highlights
✭ Grants warrantless access to Americans' electronic correspondence to over 22 federal agencies. Only a subpoena is required, not a search warrant signed by a judge based on probable cause.
✭ Permits state and local law enforcement to warrantlessly access Americans' correspondence stored on systems not offered "to the public," including university networks.
✭ Authorizes any law enforcement agency to access accounts without a warrant -- or subsequent court review -- if they claim "emergency" situations exist.
✭ Says providers "shall notify" law enforcement in advance of any plans to tell their customers that they've been the target of a warrant, order, or subpoena.
✭ Delays notification of customers whose accounts have been accessed from 3 days to "10 business days." This notification can be postponed by up to 360 days.
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