Senate leaders eagerly championed FBI Director James Comey’s 2016 request for more power to seize Internet browsing histories without court oversight in national security investigations. But after coming just two votes from victory, the FBI’s “number one legislative priority” hasn’t received much attention.
It’s unclear what explains the silence on what once was a multi-front legislative fight, and the quiet isn’t necessarily reassuring to privacy advocates, who consider Comey’s reform proposal troubling.
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