House Intel panel working on bill to save NSA spying

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) hinted on Tuesday that his National Security Agency reform legislation would preserve the bulk of the agency's surveillance powers. He said he and ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) have held a series of meeting with their Senate counterparts, Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), to discuss the legislation. "We went over some of these confidence-builders to rebuild trust in these programs and at the end of the day still allow us to do it [conduct surveillance]," Rogers said during a panel discussion hosted by Politico. Privacy advocates are urging Congress to rein in the NSA's power in the wake of leaks by Edward Snowden, but Rogers argued that the surveillance programs are critical for thwarting terrorist attacks. He said his legislation would rebuild trust in the NSA by requiring "as much transparency as we can possibly get" and "showing the level of oversight."...more

So there you have it, the Republicans in the House are leading a bipartisan effort to allow NSA to keep sweeping up your phone calls, emails, texts, website visits and social media comments without a warrant. 

Where is this bipartisanship on funding ObamaCare?  Reach across the aisle on that one Mr. Rogers. 

I predict the Republican NSA bill will only poke around the edges of the issue, in a PR attempt to satisfy (fool?) the public.  This will pass the House. 

I also predict ObamaCare will be funded.  There may be a delay in implementation, but eventually the Republicans in the House will pass a budget that funds the beast. 

 In both instances liberty is lessened and we will all suffer the consequences.