National Security Whistleblowers Call for Repeal of Patriot Act

[JEB]

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/28/national-security-whistleblowers-call-repeal-patriot-act

by
Lauren McCauley

Prominent national security whistleblowers are calling for the full repeal of the USA Patriot Act, charging that under that legislation the federal government has decimated the U.S. Constitution and warning that unless action is taken, there is no end in sight to government secrecy and manipulation.

The group, which included former National Security Agency (NSA) official William Binney and Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, appeared Monday at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to voice their backing for H.R. 1466, the Surveillance State Repeal Act, which was recently introduced by Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

The bill would repeal the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 while installing a number of provisions to safeguard people's privacy and force the government to account for surveillance activities. The legislation was introduced as Congress debates key segments of the Patriot Act, Secs. 206 and 215, which are due to expire on June 1.

During the press conference, former NSA senior executive and whistleblower Thomas Drake, who was among those present, said that following the attack on September 11, 2001, the federal government under former President George W. Bush and later under President Barack Obama "chose in great secrecy to unchain itself" from the U.S. Constitution.

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I'm sure these intelligent, principled, American citizens will continue to be ignored and marginalized, but nice to read anyway.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/28/national-security-whistleblowers-call-repeal-patriot-act

[riderinthestorm]

1. K&R. Not ignored by me nt

[JEB]

2. Thanks for caring.

[RobertEarl]

3. Sorry JEB

I make it a policy to never post on NSA threads because then they have their eye on me. <grin>

But damn, I am so glad to hear that there is a bill in congress to get rid of the anti-constitutional pat act. I have Hope that Obama can get behind this Change.