Well Apparently Not Everyone In Government Is For Tyranny

 This is a hugh tide change...

A key House panel voted Wednesday to pass an email privacy bill that would stop the government from being able to read Americans' old emails without a warrant. 

The House Judiciary Committee voted 28-0 to approve the Email Privacy Act, a bipartisan bill that would replace a 1986 law that allows government investigators to peruse emails at will if the communications are at least six months old. 

The bill would require federal officials to obtain a warrant before they can read or view emails, texts, photos or instant messages -- regardless of when the data was sent. 

"Today is a great day for not only the Fourth Amendment advocates who have fought long and hard to move the Email Privacy Act, but also for all Americans, who are one step closer to having private and secure digital communications," said Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., the lead sponsor of the bill along with Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo.

And yet on the other hand:

 
Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein released the official version of their anti-encryption bill today after a draft appeared online last week. 

The bill, titled the Compliance with Court Orders Act 2016, would require tech firms to decrypt customers' data at a court's request. 

The bill is not expected to get anywhere in the Senate. 

 President Obama has also indicated that he will not support the bill, Reuters reports. 

 The bill requires legislation requires communications services to backdoor their encryption in order to provide "intelligible information or data, or appropriate technical assistance to obtain such information or data."

 Sen. Feinstein stated, "The bill we have drafted would simply provide that, if a court of law issues an order to render technical assistance or provide decrypted data, the company or individual would be required to do so. 

Today, terrorists and criminals are increasingly using encryption to foil law enforcement efforts, even in the face of a court order. 

We need strong encryption to protect personal data, but we also need to know when terrorists are plotting to kill Americans."