[Libs-Or] Almost, but not too, late to tell @SpeakerRyan to #StopCISA

[Diedre Conkling]

http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/12/almost-but-not-too-late-to-tell-speakerryan-to-stopcisa/

Almost, but not too, late to tell @SpeakerRyan to #StopCISA

Posted by: Adam Eisgrau
<http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/adameisgrau/> December 16, 2015 in
Cybersecurity <http://www.districtdispatch.org/category/cybersecurity/>,
Legislation <http://www.districtdispatch.org/category/legislation/>, Privacy
& Surveillance
<http://www.districtdispatch.org/category/privacy-surveillance/>

Loyal District Dispatch readers know that, literally for years, ALA and a
strong coalition
<https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/4459-pr-massive-coalition-of-security-experts-companies-and-civil-society-groups-urge-obama-to-veto-cisa/Final_Coalition%20Ltr%20Urging%20Pres.%20to%20Veto%20CISA.8b33e2d86dc14780b35c9cde44a41797.pdf>
 of groups and companies from across the political spectrum have been
fighting privacy-unfriendly “cybersecurity,” aka “information” sharing,
legislation most recently unveiled as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing
Act
<https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/4459-pr-massive-coalition-of-security-experts-companies-and-civil-society-groups-urge-obama-to-veto-cisa/Final_Coalition%20Ltr%20Urging%20Pres.%20to%20Veto%20CISA.8b33e2d86dc14780b35c9cde44a41797.pdf>
 (S. 754). CISA was meant merely to incentivize companies like internet
service providers to share hints of “cyber-threats” with the government by
shielding them from liability for doing so.  The bill has been consistently
and rightly criticized, however, for seriously compromising all of our
personal privacy and for creating de facto new surveillance programs for
the NSA and FBI.

(Already heard enough? Click here to take action
<http://cqrcengage.com/ala/home>.)
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clock showing almost midnight

Until very recently
<http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/10/senate-passes-cisa-negotiations-with-house-next/>,
those serious defects and strong grassroots efforts by ALA and many others
kept CISA and its legislative predecessors from passing.  In recent weeks,
however, the Chairs of the powerful House and Senate Committees on
Intelligence and Homeland Security secretly negotiated a compromise version
of their several “information sharing” bills that the White House signaled
it could approve if passed.

Late last night, that language — now as bad or worse than it’s ever been
<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151215/06470133083/congress-drops-all-pretense-quietly-turns-cisa-into-full-surveillance-bill.shtml>
from a privacy perspective – was slipped as a “rider” by Speaker of the
House Paul Ryan into the 2000+ page “omnibus” spending bill
<http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/CPRT-114-HPRT-RU00-SAHR2029-AMNT1final.pdf>
 that Congress must pass to avoid a government shutdown.  A vote on the
omnibus is slated to take place Thursday just before Congress leaves town
for the holidays.

Librarians and other civil liberties organizations may lose this fight, but
we needn’t and shouldn’t go quietly! Join ALA President Sari Feldman in
protesting this undemocratic deal
<http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/12/ala-president-urges-congress-reject-controversial-cybersecurity-rider-0>
.

The odds are long and time is tight, so tweets and emails are sweet.
Please, *click here* <http://cqrcengage.com/ala/home>  to send one to your
Member of Congress.  It’s already set to ask him or her to tell Speaker
Ryan that middle-of-the-night deals that give the NSA new surveillance
tools have no place in the omnibus, and that it’s not too late for the
Speaker to #StopCISA .

Your voice matters. Get mad and get LOUD, right now!






http://www.districtdispatch.org/2015/12/almost-but-not-too-late-to-tell-speakerryan-to-stopcisa/



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