"Section 215 of the Patriot Act is scheduled to sunset on Monday. This law was secretly interpreted to allow the\nmass surveillance of who you talk to on the phone. Such information can be deeply intimate and private:\nConsider, for instance, what you could infer from a record of numerous calls to a local oncology center and\npharmacies. Section 215 is a pointless, expensive intrusion into the private life of every American.\nOn May 22, the Senate voted against extending Section 215. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has indicated\nhe will bring it up again for a last\u00adminute vote on Sunday. I write to encourage local readers to ask their\nsenators, especially McConnell and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, not to extend these surveillance provisions\nbecause they run counter to the spirit and letter of the Constitution.\nYour say: Submit a letter to the editor (http://static.cincinnati.com/letter/)\nProponents of extending 215 claim we need more time for debate. We have had two full years for debate since the revelation in 2013 that American call\ndata is under total surveillance. And there has been vigorous debate. The difficulty in extending these provisions in the Senate reflects that. The\nextension of Section 215 is opposed even by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who originally introduced it.\nIf you think that this infringement of civil liberties buys you security, consider that two reviews (by the President's Review Group and the Privacy and the\nCivil Liberties Oversight Board) independently concluded that Section 215 has foiled no plots.\nMass surveillance has a chilling effect on freedom of speech and the press, freedom of association and thought. It lays the ground for the oppression of\nthese freedoms. Please call your senators and ask them to let Section 215 expire.\nPaul Henrich, Over\u00adthe\u00adRhine""},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Patriot Act Section Goes Way Too Far"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":""}},"_tags":["story","author_freqn","story_9628531","ask_hn"],"author":"freqn","created_at":"2015-05-30T01:47:47Z","created_at_i":1432950467,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"9628531","points":1,"story_id":9628531,"story_text":"Via: http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/letters/2015/05/29/letter-patriotact-sunset-senate-spying/28185561/
"Section 215 of the Patriot Act is scheduled to sunset on Monday. This law was secretly interpreted to allow the\nmass surveillance of who you talk to on the phone. Such information can be deeply intimate and private:\nConsider, for instance, what you could infer from a record of numerous calls to a local oncology center and\npharmacies. Section 215 is a pointless, expensive intrusion into the private life of every American.\nOn May 22, the Senate voted against extending Section 215. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has indicated\nhe will bring it up again for a last\u00adminute vote on Sunday. I write to encourage local readers to ask their\nsenators, especially McConnell and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, not to extend these surveillance provisions\nbecause they run counter to the spirit and letter of the Constitution.\nYour say: Submit a letter to the editor (http://static.cincinnati.com/letter/)\nProponents of extending 215 claim we need more time for debate. We have had two full years for debate since the revelation in 2013 that American call\ndata is under total surveillance. And there has been vigorous debate. The difficulty in extending these provisions in the Senate reflects that. The\nextension of Section 215 is opposed even by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, who originally introduced it.\nIf you think that this infringement of civil liberties buys you security, consider that two reviews (by the President's Review Group and the Privacy and the\nCivil Liberties Oversight Board) independently concluded that Section 215 has foiled no plots.\nMass surveillance has a chilling effect on freedom of speech and the press, freedom of association and thought. It lays the ground for the oppression of\nthese freedoms. Please call your senators and ask them to let Section 215 expire.\nPaul Henrich, Over\u00adthe\u00adRhine"","title":"Patriot Act Section Goes Way Too Far","updated_at":"2024-09-19T21:56:17Z","url":""}],"hitsPerPage":50,"nbHits":1,"nbPages":1,"page":0,"params":"query=Actis+Oncology&tags=story&hitsPerPage=50&advancedSyntax=true&analyticsTags=backend","processingTimeMS":20,"processingTimingsMS":{"_request":{"roundTrip":19},"fetch":{"query":15,"scanning":4,"total":20},"total":20},"query":"Actis Oncology","serverTimeMS":21}