Congressman boasts on Twitter about the money he got to support CISPA, then thinks better of it
Cory Doctorow at 11:39 am Sat, Mar 23
CISPA is a bill before Congress that will radically increase the ease with which the government and police can spy on people without any particular suspicion. It is being rammed through by people like Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), who received a small fortune in funding from the companies that stand to get rich building the surveillance tech CISPA will make possible.
What’s more, Rogers admits it, and even tweets about it! Nicko Margolies from the Sunlight Foundation writes..