Earlier this week, we noted that Senator Mitch McConnell, hot off of his huge flop in trying to preserve the NSA‘s surveillance powers, had promised to insert the dangerous „cybersecurity“ bill CISA directly into the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). As we discussed, while many have long suspected that CISA (and CISPA before it) were surveillance bills draped in „cybersecurity“ clothing, the recent Snowden revelations that the NSA is using Section 702 „upstream“ collection for „cybersecurity“ issues revealed how CISA would massively expand the NSA‘s ability to warrantlessly wiretap Americans‘ communications.

Thankfully, like his PATRIOT Act games from a few weeks ago, this latest McConnell move has fallen flat. The Senate rejected the attempt by a 40 to 56 vote. So, for now, it looks like the Senate isn‘t going to be able to ram CISA through either which is good news.