{"id":15405,"date":"2015-12-18T07:04:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T12:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15405"},"modified":"2015-12-18T07:04:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T12:04:14","slug":"paul-ryan-sneaks-massive-surveillance-bill-into-1-1-trillion-must-pass-spending-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15405","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryan Sneaks Massive Surveillance Bill Into $1.1 Trillion Must Pass Spending Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul Ryan Sneaks Massive Surveillance Bill Into $1.1 Trillion Must Pass Spending Legislation<\/a><\/h3>\n
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On Friday, Congress will vote on a\u00a0mutated version\u00a0of security threat sharing legislation that had previously passed through the House and Senate. These earlier versions would have permitted private companies to share with the federal government categories of data related to computer security threat signatures.\u00a0Companies that did so would also receive legal immunity from liability under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and other privacy laws.\u00a0Today\u2019s language, renamed the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (Division N of the\u00a0omnibus budget bill) mostly\u00a0assembles the worst parts\u00a0of the earlier bills to threaten privacy even further.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We have about two days to figure out what this so-called Cybersecurity Act (OmniCISA) means for consumer privacy in the US. That unfortunate timing is thanks to Speaker Paul Ryan\u2019s decision to include language announced\u00a0at 2am this morning\u00a0as part of a must-pass spending bill scheduled for a vote\u00a0Friday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 From Jennifer Granick\u2019s article:\u00a0OmniCISA Pits DHS Against the FCC and FTC on User Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s hard to believe, but yes, Paul Ryan is indeed far worse than John Boehner. The fact that Republican members of Congress chose to make him Speaker of the House tells you all you need to know about the true nature of the GOP and who they really work for (it\u2019s not you). After all, Paul Ryan\u2019s public record speaks for itself. He voted for the banker bailouts as well as\u00a0the Iraq War. He\u2019s a very well behaved\u00a0little status quo puppet.<\/p>\n

Moving along, what Mr. Ryan just did to intentionally target the 4th Amendment rights of American citizens could be described as treasonous. A\u00a0move which exemplifies\u00a0the\u00a0complete and total disrespect he harbors toward the\u00a0people he claims to represent. For a bit of context, let\u2019s turn to a post published here last week which\u00a0unfortunately failed to get much\u00a0traction titled,\u00a0Paul Ryan is Aggressively Lobbying to Pass \u201cFrankenstein\u201d CISA Spy Bill Through Congress<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0In it, we warned:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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