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by SamDc73 197 days ago
The Wyden–Daines Amendment in 2020: a huge privacy amendment that would’ve limited surveillance missed the Senate by literally one vote. It would’ve stopped the government from getting American's web browsing and search history without a warrant. And honestly, I still have zero respect for anyone who voted against it. If you need a warrant to walk into my house, you should need a warrant to walk into my digital life too.

What Snowden exposed more than 10 years ago, none of that was addressed, the surveillance machine just got worse if anything
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yogurtboy 197 days ago
Agreed. Here's the result of the vote, in case anyone notices these representatives running for reelection:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1...

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hypeatei 197 days ago
It's quite surprising that Bernie didn't vote on that bill considering he was vehemently against the Patriot Act. Disappointing.
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shakna 197 days ago
He was recovering from a heart attack at the time, and remote voting was prohibited.
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culi 197 days ago
Wow it's disorienting to see a vote that's not cleanly split across party lines. Things worked differently back then.
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bnolsen 197 days ago
And they tried to hang him for it. I wasn't particularly pleased with some actions he took after he ran off but the government reaction was truly out of hand and forced him into full survival mode. This part of government is full of weird power crazed spooks.
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