But this sort of data collection — along with what the NSA is doing through its PRISM program — is exactly what then-Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) warned about when he was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001. read more
He was the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act during the first vote on the legislation. Feingold was mentioned as a possible candidate in the 2008 presidential election, but in November 2006 he announced he would not run. In 2010, Feingold lost his campaign for reelection to the U.S. Senate to Republican Ron Johnson. read more
But this sort of data collection -- along with what the NSA is doing through its PRISM program-- is exactly what then-Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) warned about when he was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001. read more