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Marco Rubio lends support to bill that would delay surveillance reform
Source: The Guardian
Marco Rubio lends support to bill that would delay surveillance reform
Republican candidate would prefer to permanently reauthorize parts of Patriot
Act, saying USA Freedom Act leaves intelligence agencies ‘with fewer tools
Sabrina Siddiqui in Chicago
Thursday 19 November 2015 15.38 GMT
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has sought to reignite debate over the surveillance apparatus of the National Security Agency.
The Florida senator on Wednesday signed on to legislation that would delay the implementation of the sweeping surveillance reforms passed by Congress under the USA Freedom Act.
“The Paris terrorist attacks remind us that no corner of the free world is safe from these savages, and it is our duty to defeat them by any means necessary,” Rubio said in a statement.
“The USA Freedom Act signed into law earlier this year left our intelligence community with fewer tools to protect the American people and needlessly created more vulnerabilities and gaps in information gathering used to prevent terrorist attacks at home and abroad.”
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Republican candidate would prefer to permanently reauthorize parts of Patriot
Act, saying USA Freedom Act leaves intelligence agencies ‘with fewer tools
Sabrina Siddiqui in Chicago
Thursday 19 November 2015 15.38 GMT
In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio has sought to reignite debate over the surveillance apparatus of the National Security Agency.
The Florida senator on Wednesday signed on to legislation that would delay the implementation of the sweeping surveillance reforms passed by Congress under the USA Freedom Act.
“The Paris terrorist attacks remind us that no corner of the free world is safe from these savages, and it is our duty to defeat them by any means necessary,” Rubio said in a statement.
“The USA Freedom Act signed into law earlier this year left our intelligence community with fewer tools to protect the American people and needlessly created more vulnerabilities and gaps in information gathering used to prevent terrorist attacks at home and abroad.”
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/19/marco-rubio-delay-surveillance-reform-usa-freedom-act