Though this bill shreds independence and privacy, it was passed by a huge margin. ... Is Americas privacy at stake? ... So much authority has been given to the feds that existing laws of privacy and surveillance had to be revised. ... Electronic Communications Privacy Act governs government access to stored email and other electronic communications. ... They make decisions on the laws that are established by our legi...
Many people might think that before the enactment of USPA the law-enforcement authority did not have appropriate tool, if any to combat terror. ... But it did give authorities a narrowly defined process for electronic surveillance to be used as last resort in serious criminal case, but the law enforcement authorities must show a "probable cause" before being granted the warrant. ... (www.fas.org), which congress felt was a hindrance to law enforcement. Below Title III, the next tier of privacy protection covers some of those matters, which the Supreme Court has described as beyond the re...
