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You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says its worse than you know.
Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyden (D-Oregon) says that powers they grant the government on their face, the government applies a far broader legal interpretation an interpretation that the government has conveniently classified, so it cannot be publicly assessed or challenged. But one prominent Patriot-watcher asserts that the secret interpretation empowers the government to deploy dragnets for massive amounts of information on private citizens; the government portrays its data-collection efforts much differently.
Were getting to a gap between what the public thinks the law says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says, Wyden told Danger Room in an interview in his Senate office. When youve got that kind of a gap, youre going to have a problem on your hands.
LINK: There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says | Danger Room | Wired.com
Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyden (D-Oregon) says that powers they grant the government on their face, the government applies a far broader legal interpretation an interpretation that the government has conveniently classified, so it cannot be publicly assessed or challenged. But one prominent Patriot-watcher asserts that the secret interpretation empowers the government to deploy dragnets for massive amounts of information on private citizens; the government portrays its data-collection efforts much differently.
Were getting to a gap between what the public thinks the law says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says, Wyden told Danger Room in an interview in his Senate office. When youve got that kind of a gap, youre going to have a problem on your hands.
LINK: There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says | Danger Room | Wired.com