Congress has quietly passed an Intelligence Authorization Bill that includes unprecedented, warrantless forfeiture of private communications to local law enforcement, as well as a wide berth of powers for data retention.
Representative Justin Amash unsuccessfully attempted a late bid to oppose the bill, which has passed and is currently in Congressional Conference Committee.
* Write and call your representatives
* Get on social media and spread the word
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Full text of the bill can be found here.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-...ouse-bill/4681
White House petition:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pet...-2015/lln5hN5c
Justin Amash's Facebook Post:
https://www.facebook.com/repjustinam...12569822115759
Locate your reps:
http://www.opencongress.org/people/zipcodelookup
How your reps voted:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2014/roll271.xml
"[From The Hill]
One of the biggest thorns in the side of the country’s intelligence agencies attempted to mount an eleventh hour bid to kill the spy agencies' funding bill on Wednesday.
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) wrote on Facebook that the intelligence authorization bill that easily passed through the House contained “one of the most egregious sections of law I've encountered during my time as a representative.”
“It grants the executive branch virtually unlimited access to the communications of every American,” explained Amash, who has a record of skepticism toward the National Security Agency and other agencies. Last year, he nearly succeeded in an attempt to end the NSA’s controversial phone records program.
The bill was originally set to be considered with just a simple voice vote, but Amash rushed to the House floor on Wednesday to demand a recorded vote. He also fired off a letter to his fellow lawmakers warning them not to back the bill.
Hidden in the law is “a troubling new provision that for the first time statutorily authorizes spying on U.S. citizens without legal process,” Amash told other lawmakers.
That provision allows “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination” of Americans’ communications without a court order or subpoena."
Section 309 itself: http://imgur.com/gallery/h47E4Bj
If you want to help share the word on twitter, or any other social media, there's been a group of people using the hashtags #HR4681 #Stop1984 #Stop309.
As for Non Americans, it'd be great if you could help spread the message to those who are American. Every little drop in the bucket helps fill it up.
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