Salon.com > NSA http://www.salon.com Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:05:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Senate FISA vote inspiring display of bipartisan commitment to ignoring Fourth Amendment http://www.salon.com/2012/12/28/senate_fisa_vote_inspiring_display_of_bipartisan_commitment_to_ignoring_fourth_amendment/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/28/senate_fisa_vote_inspiring_display_of_bipartisan_commitment_to_ignoring_fourth_amendment/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13156179 Congressional dysfunction and extremism may yet plunge the nation into an entirely avoidable recession, but at least Americans will likely be able to sleep at night secure in the knowledge that our lawmakers sprang into action at the last possible minute to preserve the government's right to constantly spy on everyone without telling anyone about it.

In all likelihood, the Senate will vote today to reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act for a few years, just before the act was scheduled to expire. The House reauthorized it all the way back in September, but the world's most deliberative body likes to take its time (plus Ron Wyden placed a hold on the bill until Senate leaders agreed to at least have a debate on proposed amendments to the Amendments).

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