"One provision that troubles me a great deal is a provision that permits the government under FISA to compel the production of records..."
@theblaze
#PRISM #FISA
theblaze.com/news/2013/06/0…
'...if you don't support the bill you're not patriotic'
@Salon
#PATRIOTAct
salon.com/2001/10/27/fei…
@I_P_R
#JUSTICEAct
#FISA
#PATRIOTAct
independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/09/bob-ba…
@UVALaw
shar.es/a34zdT
#PATRIOTAct
web.archive.org/web/2002081111…
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"but it is not well received by all"
"One day later, Senate Majority Leader and future anthrax target Tom Daschle (D-SD) says he doubts the Senate will take up this bill..."
@historycommons
#PATRIOTAct
historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?t…
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"October 9, two letters containing deadly anthrax spores are postmarked. One letter is sent to Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) and the other is sent to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)....from a mailbox in Trenton..."
@historycommons
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1 day earlier WaPo
“Congress has lost some of the shock-induced unity..."
@historycommons
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"Twenty-eight congressional staffers test positive for anthrax. The Senate office buildings are shut down, followed by the House of Representatives....None of the staffers are killed by the anthrax attacks"
@historycommons
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Cheney & others "are said to believe that they have been exposed."
"soon discovered that the sensors had malfunctioned..."
@historycommons
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House "passes" & "...taps into Social Security...cuts in education."
2 days later "Senate will pass...Anthrax targets Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy now support the bill."
Bush signs same day
@historycommons
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B. Graham (D-FL), D. Feinstein (D-CA), R. Lugar (R-IN), B. Boxer (D-CA), J. Corzine (D-NJ)
"officials say the anthrax does not threaten the health of anyone who worked or visited"
@historycommons
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@aclu
#PATRIOTAct
aclu.org/other/surveill…
@aclu
aclu.org/other/how-usa-…
@Wikipedia
#Sneakandpeekwarrant
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneak_and…
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@Wikipedia
#Noknockwarrant
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-knock_…
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The tool was put in place as part of anti-terrorism laws passed by Congress after the 9/11 attacks on American soil."
@cleavanddotcom
cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/…
"...an internal memo...FBI did not admit this publicly for another nine years...acknowledged its practice of 'black bag' jobs before the Senate Church Committee on July 14, 1975."
todayinclh.com/?event=fbi-adm…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_bag…
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sites.google.com/site/cointelpr…
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between NSA & CIA
"...nature and extent of the partnership is deemed to be extremely sensitive,
'especially since many of these operations are directed against friends and allies' of the U.S."
@businessinsider
businessinsider.com/snowden-may-ha…