Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) blasted McConnnell (R-KY) for trying get the Senate to approve
an NSA spying program that a federal appeals courted ruled illegal.
McConnell responded to a
federal appeals court ruling that most of the NSA’s phone record
collection is illegal by pushing for a flat extension of the program.
In a tweet, the Democratic Senate Minority Leader blasted McConnell:
The legislation that Reid was referring to is a bill
called The USA Freedom Act, which isn’t a cure-all, but it would be the
first time that the Congress has acted to roll back some of the massive
post-9/11 domestic surveillance state. The USA Freedom Act has
attracted broad support because it is very modest reform bill that would
keep the vast majority of the NSA’s activities intact.
The real change will come if Congress does not act
by June 1 when the entirety of section 215 of the Patriot Act is set to
expire.
Make no mistake about it. What McConnell is
trying to do is strong arm the Senate into extending an illegal spying
program. This course of action would be nothing new for Congress. As the
federal appeals court ruling points out, the program has always been
illegal and should never have been created. In fact, Congress has been
extending and expanding illegal surveillance for years.
Illegal spying supporting Republicans like Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and Tom Cotton (R-AR) have
already invoked 9/11 in an attempt to frighten the American people into
voluntarily giving up their liberties.
The
NSA program is illegal, and Republicans are showing their true lawless
colors with an attempt to trample the freedoms of the American people.
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