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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by jsmthrowaway on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:08PM (#11586152)
Regardless of how you feel about a polarizing issue, I don't think anybody on any side has ever claimed that. Pretty big thread derail risk with this one, too.
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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by woodman on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @10:41PM (#11586261)
Wow, well let me ruin your day: you are wrong. Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015: section 309.

"A covered communication shall not be retained in excess of 5 years, unless ... (iii) the communication is enciphered or reasonably believed to have a secret meaning;"

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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by jsmthrowaway on Thursday April 28, 2016 @12:44AM (#11586598)
I'm actually not, and 'rayiner is doing a pretty good job of explaining why in the second place you cited that law (for some reason), so I will not repeat that thread derailment.
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Re:Email privacy bill unanimously passes U.S. House by woodman on Thursday April 28, 2016 @01:14AM (#11586675)
Yeah, discussing domestic surveillance legislation in a thread linked to an article covering the latest domestic surveillance legislation is way off topic.
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