Justin Amash My statement in response to Pres. Obamas speech on - TopicsExpress



          

Justin Amash My statement in response to Pres. Obamas speech on #NSA reform: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated . . . . The Founders proposed the Fourth Amendment to end once and for all suspicionless searches and seizures of Americans personal property and information. We now know that for some years our government has collected private information about our communications—and in many cases, the communications themselves. The government does this despite the fact that it suspects us of no wrongdoing. Nothing the President said today will end the unconstitutional invasion of Americans privacy. The President said he will not end the Patriot Acts Sec. 215 program that collects the records of every phone call every American makes. Instead, he said that the government will continue to search those records without a warrant—but just a little less vigorously. The President said that when the government issues a subpoena to an Internet service provider for an Americans records, the government still can impose a permanent gag order on the ISP—but just when the government demonstrates a real need for further secrecy. The President said that the era of secret law will continue, that the court decisions that have contorted Congresss limits on surveillance into broad authorizations will remain secret—but the intelligence officials who have executed mass surveillance and lied to Congress will, in their discretion, release some of the rulings as they see fit. Congress must do what the President apparently will not: end the unconstitutional violation of Americans privacy, stop the suspicionless surveillance of our people, and close the era of secret law. A coalition of 125 House members from both sides of the aisle have signed on to the USA FREEDOM Act. Has your congressman done the same? beta.congress.gov/bill/113th/house-bill/3361/cosponsors house.gov/representatives/find/
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 05:43:12 +0000

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