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The JUSTICE Act, short for the Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools in Counterterrorism Efforts Act, was brought to my attention today. The JUSTICE Act seeks to put constraints on the Bush-era USA Patriot Act and FISA Act Amendment which drove national security efforts here at home post-9/11.

In the past, I have been a very vocal critic of the previous administration and their liberal assumption of power not explicitly granted to them by the Constitution. Namely, the use of these powers was, in my book, impeachable offenses. That Administration has come and gone, but the PATRIOT Act and FISA still haunt us to this day.

We in the technology community should be alarmed.

“Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness” — Carolyn Beck, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Priceless absurdity from a story in Reuters about people in Texas being arrested for being drunk in a bar.
Hat tip: James Joyner
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A big flashpoint over the past few weeks has been this business about the National Security Agency spying on American citizens, etc. Take my initial entry on the subject from Decmeber 19th where some of the pro-spying commenters made comments such as:
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I know something that I can’t talk about. I found out about it today and I’m under non-disclosure… and it’s killing me.  It’s killing me because it is such blatant abuse of governmental power that it sickens me. We will all know round about September if the timeframe for enactment holds up.
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