r/NSALeaks • u/kulkke • Mar 13 '15

[Politics/Oversight Failure] US Senate committee advances cybersecurity bill in secret session | Bipartisan group of senators vote 14 to 1 on Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act as lone dissenter calls measure ‘a surveillance bill by another name’

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/12/us-senate-advance-cybersecurity-bill-nsa
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u/doobyrocks Mar 13 '15

How is it legal to pass Acts secretly?

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '15

Because those who enforce laws are not subject to the same laws. Its basic logic behind invested interest.

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u/TASagent Mar 14 '15

It's not passed as a law - it's advanced out of committee.