Senators who vote for CISA are voting to let the govt deputize corporations to electronically surveil Americans. https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/10/26/two-intended-consequences-cisa-supporters-will-be-responsible-for/ …
@LiberalinMD We do it for foreign surveillance. This would permit it for domestic surveillance.
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@emptywheel Isn't one of the Snowden revelations that private defense corps DO do surveillance on Americans? -
@LiberalinMD Not sure which part you're thinking of. -
@emptywheel OK, so Snowden wasn't actually working for "the govt" he was working for Booz Allen Hamilton. -
@LiberalinMD Yes. But you don't have a contract w/Booz. You do w/a phone company which runs Internet backbone. -
@emptywheel Not my point--only point was that we already have privatized surveillance of U.S. citizens. -
@LiberalinMD When have private sector getting paid to spy AS agents of govt w/in framework allegedly targeting foreigners. -
@emptywheel But the key to that is the word "allegedly." -
@LiberalinMD Yes. But here there would be no question. It would be entirely focused domestically, in a practice prohibited by SCOTUS. - 3 more replies
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