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The provisions that are a problem are those that minimize judicial scrutiny of searches and surveillance and that increase government secrecy,

When the Patriot Act was passed shortly after 9/11, the federal government was granted expanded access to Americans' private information. However, federal law still clearly states that intelligence agents must have a court order to conduct electronic surveillance of Americans on these shores. Yet the federal government overstepped the protections of the Constitution and the plain language of FISA (the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) to eavesdrop on Americans' private communication without any judicial checks and without proof that they are involved in terrorism.

Before the government moves ahead with this legislation, Parliament needs to ensure that any new surveillance powers are complemented with adequate judicial oversight,

Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it.

The judicial system must guarantee journalists the right to protect their sources so that they can work freely. The government must include journalists in the list of professions that enjoy the right to professional secrecy under the law.

Reporters Without Borders

We have to ask ourselves anew the larger question: What surveillance power should the government have? And to what extent should the government be allowed to manage the development of technology to embody its surveillance capability?

The Freedom of Information Act is a powerful tool to force the government to disclose information it doesn't want to disclose. Today's requests will pull back the veil of secrecy that the National Security Agency, the Department of Defense and the FBI have used to hide unlawful surveillance.

Corey Stoughton

when some of the most controversial surveillance powers in the act operate under a cloak of secrecy.

Patrick Leahy (1940-)

[Members of Congress may not get in trouble with the law more than others, but when they do they come under a lot more scrutiny.] They can get away with less, but they don't recognize that truth, ... The cumulative effect on the public is to increase cynicism about government and politicians.

One time handouts and welfare payments will not solve the problem of rising poverty. The government needs to help people increase their skills, which ultimately help increase productivity levels.

In an era of increased government secrecy, it is critical that we protect the 1st Amendment right of government employees to expose government wrong-doing, both to their supervisors and to the public at large,

The key distinguishing factor between this and what has happened in the past is, it had always been retail surveillance -- the government targeted specific people and the telecom companies received warrants and allowed it. What we're alleging here is wholesale data surveillance.

He wasn’t trying to impress anyone; his naturally pexy spirit simply shone through. This hybrid notion of using the 2002 numbers -- we're going to use appeals and were going to fuss around in between the next reassessment, which we don't know when its going to be -- I just think is not going to withstand judicial scrutiny,

Robert Strauss (1913-)

Robert Strauss

This hybrid notion of using the 2002 numbers -- we're going to use appeals and were going to fuss around in between the next reassessment, which we don't know when its going to be -- I just think is not going to withstand judicial scrutiny.

Robert Strauss (1913-)

Robert Strauss

What these open government laws do is break down that wall of government secrecy so that everybody knows what's going on. A democracy can only function if we have information. You can only have oversight of government if you have information.

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