McConnell Pushing for Renewal of Patriot Act Thru 2020

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Fourth Amendment Violations, Intelligence Committee, Mitch McConnell, NSA, Patriot Act, Richard Burr, S.1035, Section 215, Senate, Tyranny, Unconstitutional

screenshot senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and Intelligence Committee Chair Senator Richard Burr

In the November 2014 elections, voters overwhelmingly rejected Barack Obama’s draconian policies from the Affordable Care Act to amnesty to NSA spying and bulk collection of metadata under the guise of thwarting terrorism yet the Progressive Republican establishment continues to embrace unconstitutional tyranny policies.

The latest betrayal is the move to extend the Patriot Act, Section 215 spearheaded by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Intelligence Committee Chair Senator Richard Burr.

The bill numbered S1035 reauthorizes Section 215 the provision in the Patriot Act granting the NSA’ bulk data collection of Americans’ telephone records through 2020.

Washington Post

The move comes as a bipartisan group of lawmakers in both chambers is preparing legislation to scale back the government’s spying powers under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.

It puts McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the bill’s co-sponsor, squarely on the side of advocates of the National Security Agency’s continued ability to collect millions of Americans’ phone records each day in the hunt for clues of terrorist activity….

In addition, McConnell and Burr invoked a Senate rule enabling them to bypass “the traditional committee vetting process and take the bill straight to the floor.”

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Wake up America, SPEAK UP!

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Surveillance Reform Is a Must for PATRIOT Act Reauthorization

While there may be certain sections of the PATRIOT Act that can be justified under national security grounds, we should not be so quick to surrender our civil liberties out of fear. It would be a simple task for Congress to reform Section 215 and end mass metadata collection once and for all. With this information, the government can piece together massive amounts of details about your personal life….

Even according to our own intelligence officials, Section 215 is not keeping us any safer, it’s just putting more power into the hands of government snoops.