As the US Senate failed to renew monitoring mass section of the US Patriot Act, as there is less than an hour, he officially expired. This means that the US NSA, by their own actions, are no longer allowed to make mass surveillance. And now?
Tonight the famous Article 215 of the Patriot Act, the NSA has used to justify its monitoring of the mass coverage has expired. It came with so-called "sunset clauses" which meant he would automatically expire unless renewed actively. This happened - or rather, did not happen - last night. The law is in force.
However, as previously stated, the NSA was wiretapping phonecalls cover since at least 1976 so it is not known how much they really depend a law of 01. It must be seen to victory policy whatsoever, rather than as an event causing the change endgame.
it is also important to remember that most of these laws prohibit spying on citizens of a country, while other laws encourage spying on the citizens of other countries. Most of Congress about the NSA hearings were concerned if the oversight body is "spying on Americans." When this happens, it is extremely important to remember that human rights are called that for a reason. This is not the rights of Americans to the NSA, it is not the British man at GCHQ. Privacy is a human right, and it applies to all human beings without distinction of nationality.
monitoring agencies have tried to get political support around the world saying they were not spying on the citizens of their own country (even though they were and are). But it does not matter in the end because they all share data with each other: The NSA American spies on Canadian citizens, Canadian CSEC spies on American citizens, and they pool all their data. Add the British GCHQ, ASIO Australian, Swedish FRA, et cetera.
There is no reason at this stage to expect watchdogs to stop spying on the country from each other and share data with each other to bypass basic constitutions and human rights provisions. The win tonight was more political than practical. Nevertheless, it was still important.
Get Congress to do absolutely nothing on mass surveillance may not seem like much of a victory, but it's the best we got so far. And this time, which led to the end of a very nasty code of law.
monitoring hawks are mobilizing to restore the NSA's surveillance powers that violate human rights. Maybe they succeed, perhaps they will not. Maybe the hawks in other countries will succeed, maybe they will not. But tonight marks something as unusual as a "temporary" law of human rights violations which proved, in the end, to be just that: temporary. This is a rare but very welcome exception.
Tonight was a victory that marked where the lies of popular support before the US presidential elections, and that was with indignation against the spy machine. When you win popular support, you win the long-term play.
This is not over. But with the win tonight, the outlook is somewhat better.
Meanwhile, privacy remains your own responsibility.
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