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.... to infringe even more on your Right to Privacy.



(funny how the US press ignored this)



Civil rights campaigners voiced dismay on Friday over the US Senate's re-authorization of the government's warrantless surveillance program, and the defeat of two amendments that would have provided for basic oversight of the eavesdropping.



The Senate voted 73-23 to extend the law, called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments Act, for five years. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure, which President Obama has said he will sign.



http://www.guardian....illance-measure





Well, I guess the line President Obama has said he will sign explains why we didn't see it on the US news.
 
They also voted against all the amendments to the wiretapping bill that would put some federal oversight into this law.



I guess the government doesn't want anyone looking into what they do by way of this law.
 
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