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Senator Dahm Introduces Bill To Banish NSA

Oklahoma state legislator introduces bill to banish NSA
by Michael Boldin, Washington Times

OKLAHOMA CITY, January 8, 2014 – For the second time this week, a state lawmaker has committed to taking on unconstitutional NSA spying.

On Monday, Oklahoma Sen. Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow) filed a bill that would prohibit state cooperation with the NSA and limit some of the practical effects of its vast data collection program. The bill was similar to a measure filed by Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and Sen. Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) in California that same day.

Based on model legislation drafted by the OffNow coalition, SB1252 makes it the policy of the state of Oklahoma to “refuse material support, participation or assistance to any federal agency which claims the power, or with any federal law, rule, regulation or order which purports to authorize the collection of electronic data or metadata of any person pursuant to any action not based on a warrant…”

The Fourth Amendment Protection Act addresses the relationship between the state and the NSA in four ways.

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