re: #262 OhNoZombies!

What the Amash-Conyers amendment does NOT do:Amash blah, blah blah…

The amendment does not restrict the types of records that the government can collect under Sec. 215. NSA and the FBI can continue to collect telephone records, car rental reservations, hotel receipts, and any other “tangible thing” under Sec. 215. NSA can continue to collect telephone metadata without a warrant and without probable cause that a crime or other statutory violation has been committed. The amendment simply requires that there be a reasonable connection between the documents sought and the person under investigation.

A hastily drawn bill that would have shut down nothing.

It’s as Heywood called it, a fig leaf. He just seems to believe in the fairy tale about dozens of Democrats suddenly seeing the light and deciding that now is the time to take a stand against the NSA and Obama…as opposed to 2 years ago, when these provisions were set to expire and Democrats made a show of demanding a real vote on a 4 year extension before voting by wide margins in favor.