The Email Privacy Bill hit a snag on Thursday
over an amendment that would give the FBI special surveillance privileges. Senators Mike Lee (R., Utah) and Patrick
Leahy (D., Vt.) asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to pull their bill from the agenda after co-sponsor Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) refused to back down on the amendment which
would allow the FBI to obtain email data from users under criminal investigations without a subpoena.
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