Senate blocks measures to extend NSA program of bulk collection of telephone data

Thanks to Rand Paul!

Lol, Rand was knocking them down repeatedly...

""We have entered into a momentous debate," said Paul, who said he objected because his request for a guarantee of two amendments on a future bill dealing with the NSA program was denied. "This is a debate about whether a warrant with a single name of a single company can be used to collect all of the phone records of all of the people in our country with a single warrant. Our forefathers would be aghast."

Later, standing on the floor in the hushed chamber, McConnell made repeated attempts to keep the law alive. The first was to extend the NSA's authority to June 8, which was objected to by Paul. McConnell's next attempt was to extend to June 5, which was objected to by Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, an ally of Paul on the issue. An attempt by McConnell at a June 3 deadline was denied by Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico. Finally, McConnell requested the program be extended until June 2, just one day after the law is set to expire, and Paul objected again."
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I hadn't heard any news on this so this is a great outcome

TPP fast track moves onto house next month but who knows how that will go.

Ultimately I still think TPTB need a Patriot Act in place so I feel we aren't out of the woods yet.

"We'll be back on Sunday, May 31, one more opportunity to act responsibly to not allow this program to expire," he said around 1:30 a.m. "This is a high-threat period. We know what's going on overseas. We know what's been tried here at home. My colleagues, do we really want this law to expire?"

To bad it has more to do with protecting corrupt assholes.

US Senate blocks bill to reform domestic surveillance program

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Senate Blocks House Surveillance Bill, Extension of Patriot Act

The Senate struggled unsuccessfully to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, blocking a House-passed bill and several short-term extensions of the USA Patriot Act.

The main stumbling block was a House-passed provision to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of domestic phone records. Instead, the records would remain with telephone companies subject to a case-by-case review.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., favored retaining the program, but fellow Kentuckian Rand Paul, a Republican presidential contender, blocked any extension, no matter how brief, past the midnight May 31 expiration.

“My filibuster continues to end NSA illegal spying,” tweeted the Republican presidential contender.


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Vote Bitch McConnell out, that snake.

He says he is going to retire and not run in 2016.