A Senate proposal touted
as protecting Americans' e-mail privacy has been quietly rewritten,
giving government agencies more surveillance power than they possess
under current law, CNET has learned.
Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in
response to law enforcement concerns, according to three individuals who
have been negotiating with Leahy's staff over the changes. A vote on
his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans' e-mail, is scheduled for next week. Leahy's rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies -- including
the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications
Commission -- to access Americans' e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook
wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant.
It also would give the FBI and Homeland Security more authority, in
some circumstances, to gain full access to Internet accounts without
notifying either the owner or a judge...more
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