Patriot Act renewal fails in Senate
A victory for freedom: Due largely to the effort of Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), the Senate failed on Friday to pass even a one day extension of the Patriot Act.
The failure was a major defeat for Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who had pushed for a full renewal that kept in place all of the government’s spying programs created under the law.
I would not be hopeful, however, that we have seen the end of this unconstitutional law. I fully expect the Senate to agree on Monday to the House bill, which puts restrictions on the spying but still keeps many of the Patriot Act’s intrusive features.
More on this political battle here.
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A victory for freedom: Due largely to the effort of Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), the Senate failed on Friday to pass even a one day extension of the Patriot Act.
The failure was a major defeat for Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who had pushed for a full renewal that kept in place all of the government’s spying programs created under the law.
I would not be hopeful, however, that we have seen the end of this unconstitutional law. I fully expect the Senate to agree on Monday to the House bill, which puts restrictions on the spying but still keeps many of the Patriot Act’s intrusive features.
More on this political battle here.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
If this fails to be fully restored who here thinks that we may have a “convenient incident” within the country that might reignite interest in it being fully enacted?
…who had pushed for a full renewal that kept in place all of the government’s spying programs created under the law.
Sadly, I expect that there are many more that were not created under the law. We just don’t know about them.
It’s axiomatic that any law passed shortly after, and in response to, a crisis is going to be bad law, especially if it’s named after a victim or has a cutesy name.
Judging by recent posting activity, your arm must be getting better.
It is still a struggle to type, but the doctor has given me a much smaller splint than the temporary splint I got in the urgent care office, which makes typing a little easier.
No long essays however until this splint goes away.
When the patriot act was started, The first people spied on was the heads of industry , corporate officials, political parties and their counterparts. ( republicans and tea party were named terrorists).
The way to cripple a country is through economics, industrial espionage was the focal point of the warrant less searches. This is why the spy centers are managed by contractors and not Government who are prohibited from looking at them without authorization.
The joke is that the spy center is powered by Google …
Brevity tends to make the point more visible