Andrea,
immagino che tu l'abbia già analizzato.
Il bill protegge dal rischio della sorveglianza di massa indiscriminata anche
gli stranieri?
m.c.


In data martedì 28 aprile 2015 17:41:00, Andrea Glorioso ha scritto:
> FYI
>
> http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?id=8C703FBE-0A0C-4261-83
> B7-9FE2C860A9A0
>
>  Apr 28 2015 Goodlatte, Sensenbrenner, Conyers, Nadler Introduce the USA
> Freedom Act
> <http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=8C703FBE-0A0C-4261-8
> 3B7-9FE2C860A9A0> Bipartisan
> bill will be marked up on April 30th
>
> *Washington, D.C.* – Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and
> Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House
> Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John
> Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
> Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) today will introduce the
> *USA Freedom Act
> <http://judiciary.house.gov/_cache/files/1cb59778-0a72-4c09-920d-0e22bf692bb
> 4/fisa-01-xml.pdf>*. This bipartisan bill builds on the Committee’s
> extensive work on this issue last Congress, containing even stronger
> protections for Americans’ civil liberties, providing for even greater
> transparency for both the private sector and government, and preventing
> government overreach, while enhancing national security. *The House
> Judiciary Committee will mark up this legislation on Thursday, April 30th
> at 10:00 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building.*
>
> In June 2013, unauthorized disclosures of classified information revealed
> to the American people that the National Security Agency had been
> collecting bulk telephony “metadata” under the Foreign Intelligence
> Surveillance Act (FISA). Following the revelation of this information, the
> House Judiciary Committee worked extensively last Congress to end the NSA’s
> bulk collection program: it conducted aggressive oversight of our nation’s
> intelligence-gathering programs operated under FISA and approved bipartisan
> legislation in Committee, which was ultimately passed overwhelmingly in the
> House of Representatives. However, the Senate failed to pass legislation on
> this issue.
>
> Crime Subcommittee Chairman Sensenbrenner, Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking
> Member Conyers, and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
> Subcommittee Ranking Member Nadler praised the introduction of the bill in
> the joint statement below.
>
> *“As several intelligence-gathering programs are set to expire in a month,
> it is imperative that we reform these programs to protect Americans’
> privacy while at the same time protecting our national security. The
> bipartisan bill introduced today builds on the Committee’s work on this
> issue last year. It enhances civil liberties protections, increases
> transparency for both American businesses and the government, ends the bulk
> collection of data, and provides national security officials targeted tools
> to keep America safe from foreign enemies. We look forward to expeditiously
> moving this strong, bipartisan bill through the House Judiciary Committee
> and then through Congress so that we rein in government overreach and
> rebuild trust with the American people. We thank Senators Lee and Leahy for
> working on this issue and introducing companion legislation in the Senate.”*
>
>
>  *Key Components of the USA Freedom Act:*
>
>
>  *Protects civil liberties: *
>
> ·         Ends bulk collection: Prohibits bulk collection of ALL records
> under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, the FISA pen register authority, and
> national security letter statutes.
>
> ·         Prevents government overreach: The bulk collection prohibition is
> strengthened by prohibiting large-scale, indiscriminate collection, such as
> all records from an entire state, city, or zip code.
>
> ·         Allows challenges of national security letter gag orders:  NSL
> nondisclosure orders must be based upon a danger to national security or
> interference with an investigation. Codifies procedures for individual
> companies to challenge nondisclosure orders.  Requires periodic review of
> nondisclosure orders to determine necessity.
>
> *Improves transparency and better information-sharing with the American
> people:*
>
> ·         Expertise at the FISA court:  The bill creates a panel of amicus
> curie at the FISA court to provide guidance on matters of privacy and civil
> liberties, communications technology, and other technical or legal matters.
>
> ·         Declassified FISA opinions: All significant constructions or
> interpretations of law by the FISA court must be made public.  These
> include all significant interpretations of the definition of “specific
> selection term,” the concept at the heart of the ban on bulk collection.
>
> ·         Robust government reporting: The Attorney General and the
> Director of National Intelligence will provide the public with detailed
> information about how they use these national security authorities.
>
> ·         Robust company reporting:  Tech companies will have a range of
> options for describing how they respond to national security orders, all
> consistent with national security needs.
>
> *Strengthens national security:*
>
> ·         Gives the government the tools it needs:  Creates a new call
> detail records program that is closely overseen by the FISA court.
>
> ·         Contains an additional tool to combat ISIL:  The bill closes a
> loophole in current law that requires the government to stop tracking
> foreign terrorists when they enter the U.S. This provision gives the
> government 72 hours to track foreign terrorists when they initially enter
> the United States (it does not apply to U.S. persons) – enough time for the
> government to obtain the proper authority under U.S. law.
>
> ·         Increases the statutory maximum prison sentence to 20 years for
> providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist
> organization.
>
> ·         Enhances investigations of international proliferation of weapons
> of mass destruction.
>
> ·         Protects United States’ maritime activities from nuclear threats,
> weapons of mass destruction, and other threats by implementing the
> obligations of various treaties to which the United States is a party.
>
> ·         Provides strictly limited emergency authorities:  Creates new
> procedures for the emergency use of Section 215 but requires the government
> to destroy the information it collects if a FISA court application is
> denied.
>
>
>
> Learn more about the *USA Freedom Act* by clicking here
> <http://www.judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/usa-freedom-act>.
>
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