10,535 votes
ensure our privacy and repeal the patriot act.
The patriot act had many sub-ordinate clauses that strip away our privacy as American citizens. These were shoehorned in as an effort to protect us, while they in fact strip us of certain rights to privacy as citizens. Lets protect our nation while ensuring confidence and privacy to our citizens.
howardroark
This one is way more important than web accessability and neutrality.
7 months ago
jlindsey
This does not appear to be a valid task for the CTO to take on. Prehaps a more appropriate suggestion would be to ensure privacy on the internet or over networks.
7 months ago
jps
jmkowalski: The CTO can certainly say, "Hey Boss, read this please and if you approve please send it over to Harry and Nancy"
7 months ago
josephsack
Wouldn't this issue be something for congress to legislate? While I agree with repealing the patriot act, it seems out of the scope of what the executive branch could implement.
7 months ago
jmkowalski
The CTO can't do a thing here...
Chief Technology Officer... think computers, think internet, think infrastructure, but not legislation...
Lots of wasted votes here.
7 months ago
wdwhiteh
Does the Patriot Act really affect most Americans? If you are not doing anything wrong you should not have to worry, right? The only reason I see to get rid of it is pointed out by citizenkahn ("It made us less safe by flooding the intelligence services with useless information") I understand that there is some paranoia about a Big Brother government, but I don't think this act amounts to that.
7 months ago
GabeMiami
While you're at it, hold telcos like AT&T responsible by RE-doing the ruling that penalizes them retroactively, AND the removal of this equipment should be made VERY PUBLIC in front of the media and a LARGE GROUP of applauding people in order for Americans to feel like their privacy and dignity is (somewhat) restored. Start with San Francisco where you'll get a huge turnout.
7 months ago
BigBrother1984
So what exactly are YOU trying to hide?
7 months ago
denb
PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress, is out of CTO's reach. While this law is a highly contested issue, it is definitely not in the jurisdiction of the White House.
7 months ago
jord
I sincerely hope there will never be any sort of legislation like the USA PATRIOT ACT ever again in my lifetime. This makes a mockery of our Constitution.
7 months ago
psikeyhackr
Eliminate this unconstitutional trash.
7 months ago
WOW
If it doesn't get repealed it needs to be closely looked at and stripped of unnecessary elements.
7 months ago
WOW
If it doesn't get repealed it needs to be closely looked at and stripped of unnecessary elements.
7 months ago
seanrowens
Good start (I gave it 3 points!) but this proposal needs to be expanded to include Patriot I _and_ Patriot II _AND_ the Military Comissions ACt of 2006 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006 )
7 months ago
jps
This needs to be balanced with privacy-busting IRS subpoena power against tax shelters including in the Caribbean and Switzerland, non-income assets, and moving the focus of IRS audits back where they will make the most money for the U.S., instead of so many little-guy audits, which are a disgrace.
7 months ago
citizenkahn
It made us less safe by flooding the intelligence services with useless information about what i'm googling. If the hay stack is bigger, the needle is harder to find. Lack of data and FISA didn't cause 9/11, incompetence did.
We all know that the terrorists are just a group of motivated thugs, not super criminals. We can stop them better without the Partiot Act.
7 months ago
andreyf
While I don't agree with the Patriot Act, Obama's "CTO" will not (and should not) have any power to repeal it. That's just not how our government works.
7 months ago