House forces vote on amendment that would limit NSA bulk surveillance

Re:House forces vote on amendment that would limit NSA bulk ... by Hilyin on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @04:51PM (#6092804)

Question, they keep mentioning phone records. What about the mass surveillance of email, texts, multimedia, and the cooperation of all those big corporations? Does this include that as well?

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Re:House forces vote on amendment that would limit NSA bulk ... by bendoernberg on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @04:54PM (#6092821)

It doesn't, but it's a concrete first step. If we can win this fight, we redefine the debate, and the discussion becomes "which part of the NSA's surveillance will be blocked next?"

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Re:House forces vote on amendment that would limit NSA bulk ... by LoganCale on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @05:25PM (#6093022)

Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act applies to business records in general, which can include email and web browsing metadata in additional to phone.

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