Bill Gives Feds Warrantless Email Surveillance

A Senate proposal originally drafted to protect American’s email privacy has taken a dramatic detour. In fact, it’s turning around and heading in the opposite direction.

The original bill, backed by Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee Patrick Leahy, required that government agencies obtain search warrants before accessing email accounts. According to CNET’s Declan McCullagh, a new version of the bill does away with all the middle men and actually gives government agencies warrantless access to Americans’ email accounts. The bill is up for vote next Thursday (November 29.)

by Nic Halverson

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