What if foreign nations could circumvent the warrant process and demand US technology companies hand over...
What if foreign nations could circumvent the warrant process and demand US technology companies hand over information to them? All with no checks and balances, just a promise to be altruistic? _The bill states that the Justice Department must consider whether a country respects free expression, without stating whether free expression is defined under U.S. law, international law, or a country’s own domestic law; The bill states the Justice Department must consider whether a country respects “international universal human rights” without definition or clarity regarding how to assess this (indeed, this is not a recognized term in U.S. or international law); The bill requires that requests be based on “articulable and credible facts, particularity, legality, and severity regarding the conduct under investigations”—a standard that is, at best, vague and subject to different interpretations, and is likely lower than the current probable cause standard applied to requests; The bill fails to p...