Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | Techdirt

Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | Techdirt: "The government would be able to search information it collects under CISPA for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete immunity from all privacy protections as long as they can claim someone committed a "cybersecurity crime". Basically it says the 4th Amendment does not apply online, at all. Moreover, the government could do whatever it wants with the data as long as it can claim that someone was in danger of bodily harm, or that children were somehow threatened—again, notwithstanding absolutely any other law that would normally limit the government's power."

House GOP set to curb college student loan costs | Fox News

House GOP set to curb college student loan costs | Fox News: "The House planned to vote Friday on the bill, which would keep interest rates at 3.4 percent for subsidized Stafford loans, instead of rising as scheduled to 6.8 percent on July 1. The GOP-written package would cover its $5.9 billion cost by plucking money from a preventive health fund established in President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul law"