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Re:Unite with Namecheap in the fight against CISPA by gojomo on Sunday February 17, 2013 @07:56PM (#5237517)
I've read the EFF write-ups, the 2013 proposed bill text, and other sources carefully.

If after CISPA, federal agencies can receive more private data than before – in ways that were previously prevented by liability under the Wiretap Act, the Stored Communication Act, contractual obligations, and other court precedents about expectations of privacy – then that's a 'new power' for law enforcement. Even if the way the new power is created is indirect, through immunized information 'sharing'.

Re:Unite with Namecheap in the fight against CISPA by snowwrestler on Monday February 18, 2013 @09:32AM (#5238432)
I guess we'll just have to disagree about the meaning of the phrase "law enforcement power." SOPA would have given law enforcement a legal right to compel certain behavior. CISPA does not grant any right to compel behavior.