A bipartisan group of leaders from the House...
A bipartisan group of leaders from the House Judiciary Committee said President Barack Obama’s “many good ideas” on surveillance revamp “need to be implemented through legislation that protects our privacy.” Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., ranking member John Conyers, D-Mich.,…
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Crime Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and subcommittee ranking member Bobby Scott, D-Va., issued a joint statement Friday responding to the White House’s Thursday proposal, which would involve phone companies holding onto metadata rather than the government (CD March 28 p10). Judiciary members will “strengthen” Obama’s ideas, they said, emphasizing that Judiciary has primary jurisdiction over these issues. “It’s imperative that we reform our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs so that we better protect our civil liberties and regain the trust of the American people.”