Government gone wild!

And now for something completely different.

I quote:

"Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans' e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552 ... &tag=title

Just how does a law intended to increase privacy morph into a law that decreases privacy before the voting in Congress begins? Has Congress lost its mind?

whats to say they arent doing it already with out you knowing it?

Well, Pat Leahy is involved...not really a shocker.

Not a big fan of his.

331camaro wrote:whats to say they arent doing it already with out you knowing it?

Hint: They are.

oh i know, and i never doubted it for a second either

The Government should eavesdrop er I mean subscribe to this forum. All problems would be solved.

Flyer5 wrote:The Government should eavesdrop er I mean subscribe to this forum. All problems would be solved.

Please keep all parts of the government away from this forum, it works very well as it is

ya everyone knows what happens when the gov gets involved. (you didnt build that!!!)

echos67 wrote:

Flyer5 wrote:The Government should eavesdrop er I mean subscribe to this forum. All problems would be solved.

Please keep all parts of the government away from this forum, it works very well as it is

Yeh!! best kept secret we have.

Flyer5 wrote:The Government should eavesdrop er I mean subscribe to this forum. All problems would be solved.

Yes. They could round up trouble makers such as myself and indefinitely detain them without charges in those black sites Obama promised to close.

331camaro wrote:ya everyone knows what happens when the gov gets involved. (you didnt build that!!!)

I was told that Al Gore invented the internet...



~not serious~

Doesn't The Congress, The House or any part of the government need to have a mind in order to lose it in the first place? As far as I knew none of them had/have half a brain to share amongst each other. So, there was nothing there to lose. They are just that ridiculously stupid.

I'm On Fire wrote:Doesn't The Congress, The House or any part of the government need to have a mind in order to lose it in the first place? As far as I knew none of them had/have half a brain to share amongst each other. So, there was nothing there to lose. They are just that ridiculously stupid.

Proof positive that the principle that collective wisdom arises from a pool of individual ignorance is seriously flawed (OK, flat out impossible).

let those idiots read my email its mostly spam anyways. can they delete the spam for me too, save the good ones?

Leahy scuttles his warrantless e-mail surveillance bill

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552 ... ance-bill/

Leahy's about-face comes in response to a deluge of criticism today, including the American Civil Liberties Union saying that warrants should be required, and the conservative group FreedomWorks launching a petition to Congress -- with more than 2,300 messages sent so far -- titled: "Tell Congress: Stay Out of My Email!"

They apparently are reading someone's messages.