California Legislation Affirms Privacy Rights Against NSA Spying Methods 96
New submitter amxcoder writes: "A recent bill making its way through the California state legislature reaffirms 4th amendment protections against NSA-style wiretapping of cell phones and computer records, and declares that the NSA's data collection methods and practices are unconstitutional. The bill has passed the California Senate with only a single opposing vote. It would require a warrant to be issued by a Judge before the state's law enforcement and other departments can assist federal agencies in obtaining these records. Similar bills in other states are trickling through the legislative process, but California's is the furthest along. At the least, it will establish that a state of 38 million people are unhappy with the NSA's methods."
Re:So... (Score:5, Informative)
This is the guy according to the vote log: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... [wikipedia.org]
I'm emailing him now.
Here's videos of him:
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Have fun commenting.
His political contributers:
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Re:Worse than that (Score:4, Informative)
I know it's against the rules but you should read some more before you go off on a rant:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/ [digitaljournal.com]... [digitaljournal.com]
"The bill, entitled Senate Bill 828, would require a warrant for any information collected through data mining to be admissible in court. Furthermore, it would impose sanctions on companies that share information with the NSA without warrants, and would target utility companies and universities which did the same. "