Congress Quietly Bolsters NSA Spying in Intelligence Bill

National Journal ^ | December 11, 2014 | Dustin Volz

[C19fan]

Congress this week quietly passed a bill that may give unprecedented legal authority to the government's warrantless surveillance powers, despite a last-minute effort by Rep. Justin Amash to kill the bill.

Amash staged an aggressive eleventh-hour rally Wednesday night to block passage of the Intelligence Authorization Act, which will fund intelligence agencies for the next fiscal year. The Michigan Republican sounded alarms over recently amended language in the package that he said will for the first time give congressional backing to a controversial Reagan-era decree granting broad surveillance authority to the president.

[Smokin' Joe]

I guess no-one ever reads these bills anymore.

Apparently not. But the staffers who stuff these turkeys know what's in them...

[butterdezillion]

There are some reasonable people there. Some there are more willing to engage in actual content than many of the posters here. It just seems like they aren’t really processing what I’ve already said; I end up having to say the same stuff so many times, and that is tiring. “Is so!” - “Is not!” can only be said so many times.

[machogirl]

If this Country survives, I hope that those whom are able (the deep pockets), flood the MSM with the true Story of Barry. I won’t hold my breath though.

[Marine_Uncle]

Hope all went well with your guest Radio appearance on the Fuddy issues you have raised.