Posted on 04/07/2015 4:37:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
French lawmakers on Wednesday (1 April) discussed an intelligence bill that aims to give sweeping surveillance powers to internal security agencies and the prime minister’s office.
Announced a day after the museum terrorist attacks in Tunis, the bill allows agencies attached to the economy, defense and interior ministries to spy on people by hacking their computers or mobile phones without the need for a warrant.
Anyone suspected of terrorism or terrorism links, even incidentally, could be a target.
Prime minister Manuel Valls has said the bill is needed to detect possible terrorist activities in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris in January.
His office would be granted new powers to order interceptions without having to resort to any court or judicial oversight. …
(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...
Tough call. Don’t like the strike against privacy, but France has a (no NSA point to hit me) big muslim problem.
That’s why I called it a beneficial crisis. They brought in the Muslims to cause trouble, and in exchange for quashing them, all you have to do is surrender your freedom. Seems to be happening all over, or will eventually.
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