The CIA's "Pokémon Go" App is Doing What the Patriot Act Can't
Privacy advocates (that’s establishment speak for “normal human beings”)
celebrated earlier this week as the House rejected yet another attempt
to expand the Patriot Act’s snooping
provisions. House Resolution 5606, better known by its Orwellian name,
the “Anti-terrorism Information Sharing is Strength Act,” would have
allowed Big Brother to access Americans’ financial information based on
what the government deems to be “suspicious activity.” Given that the
DHS has labeled such things asusing binoculars, paying with cash, or
even “appearing normal” as “possible terrorist activity” in the past
(thus making pretty much every human being a possible terrorist),
everyone can breathe a sigh of relief that the bill failed.
