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Senator Patrick Leahy warns against CISA
If CISA passes, the government will spy on us by getting our info from email providers, Facebook, etc.
We won't be able to learn the extent of the spying because CISA creates an exception to the Freedom of Information Act.
A pending cybersecurity bill would weaken government transparency, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) warned on Monday.
A day ahead of an expected final vote on the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) — which would encourage companies to share more cyber threat data with the government — Leahy made a push for his amendment, which would strip the bill of what he believes are detrimental exemptions to public transparency laws.
Under CISA, businesses sharing data on hackers with the government would receive some protections from having the details of this information revealed through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
“For nearly half a century, FOIA has translated our great American values of openness and accountability into practice by guaranteeing access to government information,” Leahy said Monday. “We should not be passing legislation that weakens this critical law.”
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/258124-senate-dem-warns-cyber-bill-reduces-transparency
Contact info for Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state
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