Democratic Sen. Merkley: NSA Committing ‘Outrageous Breach’ Of Privacy

[ProSense]

Democratic Sen. Merkley: NSA Committing ‘Outrageous Breach’ Of Privacy

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on Thursday came out forcefully against the National Security Agency's collection of phone records from millions of Verizon customers, denouncing the action as an "outrageous breach of Americans' privacy."

"This type of secret bulk data collection is an outrageous breach of Americans' privacy. I have had significant concerns about the intelligence community over-collecting information about Americans’ telephone calls, emails, and other records and that is why I voted against the reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act provisions in 2011 and the reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act just six months ago," Merkley said in a statement. "This bulk data collection is being done under interpretations of the law that have been kept secret from the public. Significant FISA court opinions that determine the scope of our laws should be declassified. Can the FBI or the NSA really claim that they need data scooped up on tens of millions of Americans?”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/democratic-sen-merkley-nsa-committing-outrageous-breach-of

[clarice]

1. Hey....Big Brother. (Rare Earth) nt

[underpants]

2. We tried to warn them about this with the warrantless wiretaps 12 years ago

we knew it would lead to this. Not that it gives The O man a pass mind you. We told them this was coming.

[woo me with science]

3. Huge K&R