OFF THE WIRE
Under a bill introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, tech companies would voluntarily turn over all your personal data to the federal government with no oversight or privacy protections.
The “Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act,”
or CISA (not to be confused, but amazingly similar to CISPA, which was
shelved), would permit the “voluntary” sharing of American’s private
data with Homeland Security, who could then turn it over to any federal
agency they wanted to.
The only problem is, nobody asked you if you wanted to volunteer your personal, private information.
In addition, CISA would be exempt from the Freedom of Information
Act, so nobody could see exactly what information is being handed over.
In typical fashion, the FOIA amendment was added behind closed doors.
Civil liberties groups are begging Americans to work to stop the bill.
Tech companies like Google have said they will not share information
with the feds without a subpoena, let alone volunteer the data, but when
the tentacles of Obama’s spy network asks you to “voluntarily” turn
something over, you know what happens if you don’t. More Americans have
been charged under the Espionage Act in this administration than any other time in history.
Obama and Congress will continue the destruction of our privacy
rights under the Fourth Amendment unless something drastic is done.
