02.04.2014 - 14:47 [ Techdirt ]

Mike Rogers‘ Plan To ‚Stop‘ Bulk Collection Of Phone Records Riddled With Dangerous Loopholes That Will Expand Surveillance

Now that people have had a chance to go through the proposal by Reps. Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger to „stop“ the bulk phone record collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, they‘re finding more and more things to be concerned about. We had noted some potential easter eggs in there for law enforcement, but the deeper people look, the worse it gets. Trevor Timm notes that the bill is really a trojan horse to expand surveillance capabilities, while pretending to end them.