CISPA passes the House whilst you were sleeping: my Congressman McClintock weighs in

CISPA passed the House of Representatives, on Thursday, April 26th.

CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) or HR 3523:

To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposes. – H.R. 3523

My 4th District Congressman Tom McClintock weighs in:



Mr McClintock said, on April 27th, in his allotted minute on the floor:

Mr. Speaker:

Under the Fourth Amendment, if the Government wants to snoop through a person's email, it must first convince a judge that there is probable cause to believe that person has committed a crime and it must specify the documents it believes are relevant to that charge.

Yesterday the House passed a measure that makes a mockery of this cherished protection.

Under the guise of cyber security it allows the government to pressure and cajole internet providers to turn over their subscribers' data and for the government then to use that data -- without the consent or even knowledge of the individuals affected -- for a wide variety of vague purposes unrelated to cyber security. All without warrant.

This is a truly Orwellian measure that our Bill of Rights was specifically written to prevent. I hope the House will have second thoughts as it reflects on the ramifications of this act.

Passed the House. Next to the Senate. The bulk of Republicans voted for it. They're wrong.

In my opinion -- as with Mr McClintock's -- this needs to die. HR 3523 opens up a door we need not open. Because, once opened, it cannot be closed.

And my e-mails will be read. And yours. And if you dissent with the current government?

What of that?

BZ

PS:
In my state:

California
Aye	D	Thompson, Michael “Mike”	CA 1st
Aye	R	Herger, Walter “Wally”	CA 2nd
Aye	R	Lungren, Daniel	CA 3rd
No	R	McClintock, Tom	CA 4th
No	D	Matsui, Doris	CA 5th
No	D	Woolsey, Lynn	CA 6th
No	D	Miller, George	CA 7th
No	D	Pelosi, Nancy	CA 8th
No	D	Lee, Barbara	CA 9th
Aye	D	Garamendi, John	CA 10th
No	D	McNerney, Jerry	CA 11th
No	D	Speier, Jackie	CA 12th
No	D	Stark, Fortney “Pete”	CA 13th
No	D	Eshoo, Anna	CA 14th
No	D	Honda, Michael “Mike”	CA 15th
No	D	Lofgren, Zoe	CA 16th
No	D	Farr, Sam	CA 17th
Aye	D	Cardoza, Dennis	CA 18th
Aye	R	Denham, Jeff	CA 19th
Aye	D	Costa, Jim	CA 20th
Aye	R	Nunes, Devin	CA 21st
Aye	R	McCarthy, Kevin	CA 22nd
No	D	Capps, Lois	CA 23rd
Aye	R	Gallegly, Elton	CA 24th
Aye	R	McKeon, Howard “Buck”	CA 25th
Aye	R	Dreier, David	CA 26th
No	D	Sherman, Brad	CA 27th
No	D	Berman, Howard	CA 28th
No	D	Schiff, Adam	CA 29th
No	D	Waxman, Henry	CA 30th
No	D	Becerra, Xavier	CA 31st
No	D	Chu, Judy	CA 32nd
No	D	Bass, Karen	CA 33rd
No	D	Roybal-Allard, Lucille	CA 34th
No	D	Waters, Maxine	CA 35th
No	D	Hahn, Janice	CA 36th
No	D	Richardson, Laura	CA 37th
No	D	Napolitano, Grace	CA 38th
No	D	Sánchez, Linda	CA 39th
Aye	R	Royce, Edward “Ed”	CA 40th
Aye	R	Lewis, Jerry	CA 41st
Aye	R	Miller, Gary	CA 42nd
No	D	Baca, Joe	CA 43rd
Aye	R	Calvert, Ken	CA 44th
Aye	R	Bono Mack, Mary	CA 45th
No	R	Rohrabacher, Dana	CA 46th
No	D	Sanchez, Loretta	CA 47th
Aye	R	Campbell, John	CA 48th
Aye	R	Issa, Darrell	CA 49th
Aye	R	Bilbray, Brian	CA 50th
No Vote	D	Filner, Bob	CA 51st
Aye	R	Hunter, Duncan	CA 52nd
No	D	Davis, Susan	CA 53rd