Found this off 8chans /pol/: https://congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4681 So I am bad at finding the meat of interest (specific Title & Sections) within the actual House Resolution bill, but according to article reports, apparently there is a provision that allows “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination” of Americans’ communications without a court order or subpoena. article from The Hill: thehill/policy/technology/226752-gop-rep-attempted-late-bid-to-kill-spy-bill Original passage of said bill (prior to addition of the new amendment) thehill/blogs/floor-action/senate/226573-senate-passes-intelligence-appropriations-bill Blog post thehill/blogs/floor-action/house/226708-house-clears-intelligence-authorization Key insight: >The House on Wednesday cleared the intelligence authorization for fiscal 2015 with little opposition a day after the release of a Senate report asserting that the CIA used torture on detainees and misled lawmakers > mfw CIA/Gruber fiascos were giant distraction FTP thefreethoughtproject/breaking-congress-secretly-okd-nsa-spying-domestic-criminal-cases-focused-torture/ FLASHBACK 2013 article about Amashs efforts to block expanded NSA powers: washingtonpost/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/25/justin-amash-almost-beat-the-nsa-next-time-he-might-do-it/ Intelligence Authorization Debate on C-SPAN: c-span.org/video/?c4499598/fy2015-intelligence-authorization-debate
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:57:27 +0000