July 26, 2013 STM Warrant

July 26, 2013 STM Warrant

The STM warrant for July 26, 2013 has been posted.

The full text is below:

Banking Bill - Senator Warren

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Banking Bill

From Senator Warren

           

When I learned last winter that I would have a seat on the Senate Banking Committee, I was very happy because I knew it would give me the opportunity to ask tough questions and push for some accountability from Wall Street and its regulators.  In the last six months, that’s exactly what I’ve tried to do.

Again and again, I’ve been making a simple point to anyone who will listen: we need to learn from the financial crisis of 2008 and, moving forward, to prevent the kinds of high-risk activities that made a few people rich but nearly destroyed our economy.

American Library Association regarding privacy

ALA and Privacy

As a card-carrying member of the American Library Association (ALA), I am aware of the many privacy concerns and our first and fourth amendment rights which have been violated by the Patriot Act. Below is a is notice sent to all members of ALA By the current ALA president Barbara Stripling:

Will You Stand for Privacy?

A Message to ALA Members from ALA President Barbara Stripling

 

In early June, reports of the National Security Agency’s secret practices rang loudly around the world. News reports detailed PRISM, the U.S. government surveillance program that obtains the Internet records from ten U.S. companies: Verizon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple. It appears that phone records, emails, photos, and social networking activities have been collected and catalogued by the FBI and the NSA over the last seven years.