Latest NSA Overreach Awakens Tech Giants in Washington -- Dustin Volz, National Journal
The most recent round of National Security Agency revelations have prompted major tech firms to publicly take a stronger stance against government surveillance activities, an escalation that could portend a shift in the way Silicon Valley does business in Washington.
A group of six tech behemoths—Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and America Online—sent a letter to lawmakers last week calling for legislation to curtail the NSA's authority. The companies specifically championed the Freedom Act, introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and former House Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., with support from more than 80 cosponsors, for "making an important contribution to this discussion."
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My Comment: I do not see this growing groundswell in Silicon valley to curtail the NSA. They still give millions in campaign contributions to the politicians who are legislating and giving the NSA the official mandate to conduct surveillance operations. Stop giving political donations to these politicians and/or start supporting politicians who want to limit the NSA .... that is when I know that America's "tech giants" are becoming serious.
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We're serious now. This country is based upon rules of law grounded in the Constitution. Violators, be they Al Quaeda, FBI, or NSA, are its enemies.
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