Posted on 04/21/2016 10:51:30 AM PDT by Cyberman
Sens. Richard Burr (R) of North Carolina and Dianne Feinstein (D) of California should be stripped of their positions for introducing a bill that would endanger American digital security and privacy.
The Burr-Feinstein antiencryption bill isn't just bad, it's evidence of a dangerous incompetence in congressional leadership that is undermining America’s security.
In fact, the draft bill, leaked two weeks ago and now officially released, is compelling evidence that Senate leadership should strip – or at least not reappoint – Senators Burr and Feinstein of their positions on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence....
To say this most recent Burr-Feinstein bill fell flat would be a massive understatement. It's been criticized by the Left and the Right – from just about every technology expert who's read the draft bill, and by everyone from privacy technologists to civil liberty advocates. Even the former head of the National Security Agency, Michael Hayden, dismissed their proposed solution as creating a dangerous "backdoor" into consumer devices.
Indeed, it's difficult to imagine a legislative effort this misguided, technologically naive, and outright dangerous to America's interests and ideals. By championing their bill, Burr and Feinstein have proven themselves to be incapable of fulfilling their roles to protect the public's best interests as co-chairs of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
The Burr-Feinstein bill is the technological equivalent of the chairpeople of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation introducing a bill banning credit cards, microscopes, and roads. It would be like the people in charge of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions introducing a bill to undermine each of these crucial civil society hallmarks, and then waging a PR war to defend their actions....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Orrin Hatch's suggestion to develop new technology to remotely destroy the computers of people who illegally download music from the Internet comes close.
-PJ
Just shut up, little Dickie Burr.
Signed,
A constituent
Would it be as bad as electing a deviant Kenyan as president of the United States? Or awarding Paul Krugman a Nobel Prize in economics?
They are not fools as they take care of themselves quite well. They are corrupt and care not one whit for the general welfare. Getting money, perks and re-election are the only issues concerning those people. It is time.
Strip them of their positions?
Not bloody well likely. DiFi has had the Senate by the shorthairs since my kids were in diapers.
OMG, just seeing the words 'Dianne Feinstein' and 'stripped' in the same sentence generates visions that may cause my system to require medical attention..................gag gag
There are Americans who think there should be an open-door policy regarding Area 51, or wherever it is we do that kind of thing nowadays.
Little dickie burr......probably the worst senator NC ever produced. His staffers and aides should be out parking cars for some gay DC night club. You’re welcome.
Little dickie burr......probably the worst senator NC ever produced. His staffers and aides should be out parking cars for some gay DC night club. You’re welcome.
And Burr himself should be the hat check guy at the nightclub door.
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It came down to a choice between Burr-Feinstein and Epstein-Barr, and Congress chose the lesser of two evils ...
So let's change it.
Immediate task : Get rid of these two criminals and all others like them.
Second task : Permanent term limits for both the House and the Senate.
4 terms for representatives (8 years), 2 terms for senators 12 years.
Not enough time to join the club and begin gathering influence to gain millionaire status...
One term to learn the process and the remainder to actually accomplish something necessary and useful.
Setting their own salaries not allowed; NO Automatic retirement of any kind.
If they can't be temporary citizen-Public servants, they can sure as hell get a real job like most ordinary citizens!
There’s but a few Critters who should be kept on.
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