A provision snuck into the still-secret text of the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization would give the FBI the ability to demand individuals’ email data and possibly web-surfing history from their service providers without a warrant and in complete secrecy.
If passed, the change would expand the reach of the FBI’s already highly controversial national security letters. The FBI is currently allowed to get certain types of information with NSLs — most commonly, information about the name, address, and call data associated with a phone number or details about a bank account.
Hello @the.intercept! Are you affiliated with "The Intercept" in an 'official' capacity? As in, are you a member of that organization? Just curious. I'm an admirer of the work Scahill, Poitras, Greenwald, and Co. have been doing.
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In short, no.
Like you, I am an admiring fan of the hard work these journalists put in to reporting the news.
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Gotcha. Maybe if you make a ton of dough from your posts you can buy them all lunch.. :) I was just curious, more as a fan of the intercept, than as a critic of what you are doing. Glad to see the content here... if they feel like they're missing out, they'll join us here. :)
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I will be approach the staff at The Intercept and transfer the account to them at some point in the near future if they so desire.
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