"A controversial data-sharing bill being debated today in the U.S. House of Representatives..."

“A controversial data-sharing bill being debated today in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizes federal agencies to conduct warrantless searches of information they obtain from e-mail and Internet providers. Rep. Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, proposed a one-sentence amendment (PDF) that would have required the National Security Agency, the FBI, Homeland Security, and other agencies to secure a “warrant obtained in accordance with the Fourth Amendment” before searching a database for evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Grayson complained this morning on Twitter that House Republicans “wouldn’t even allow debate on requiring a warrant before a search.””

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