'Without this prohibition, intelligence officials would potentially have access to information such as our personal health, religious practices, and political views,' Wednesday's letter said.
Members of the House of Representatives are expected to consider an amendment to the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act that would prohibit law enforcement agencies from accessing web browsing information without a warrant.
"I'm glad that we'll get to vote on this important measure to protect Americans' Third and Fourth Amendment rights," Davidson said in a Friday statement."This reform—while just the tip of the iceberg—is a major step forward in protecting Americans' right to privacy." According to a May statement by Wyden, the legislation as it stood without amendments regarding surveillance allowed the government to have"power for warrantless collection of Americans' web browsing and internet searches, as well as other private information, without having to demonstrate that those Americans have done anything wrong."reached out to Representative Davidson's office for further comment. This story will be updated with any response.
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