NEWSMAX: … CNET, a technology news site, had earlier reported that [Democrat Sen. Patrick] Leahy was supporting the measure, giving 22 federal agencies access to private emails and other forms of electronic communication.
“CNET has it wrong,” an aide tweeted from Leahy’s account. “Sen. Leahy does NOT support an #ECPA exception to search warrant requirement [for] civil enforcement [for agencies] like FTC, SEC.”
Under the measure, CNET reported, agencies would have been able to gain access to Google Docs, Facebook postings, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant while law enforcement agencies like the FBI and Homeland Security would gain full access to Internet accounts — without any notification to the owner, according to CNET… (more)
