This morning I came across an article on Arstechnica, a sight that I review in the mornings to get updates on tech news, and came across an article about states taking action to end the illegal NSA surveillance. I didn't see this topic mentioned here at DKos, thought it would be of interest and decided to post about it.
Two California state senators have introduced a bill that would stop state agencies from assisting the National Security Agency to collect "any electronic data or metadata... not based on a warrant."
Some activist groups want state legislatures to go further than the California law. The Tenth Amendment Center is encouraging passage of a model law it calls the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, which would go as far as barring the provision of water to the NSA's $1.5 billion computing center in Bluffdale, Utah. At least one Utah lawmaker has agreed to support the bill, according to a Tenth Amendment Center spokesperson, who declined to identify the lawmaker before the bill is introduced.
"No water = overheating supercomputers = no data center," notes the Tenth Amendment Center on its website. "Water, electricity, trash collection, road upkeep and the like. None of these could be provided for by any state or local agency."
I think the idea of turning off the water and other service and supply feeds to the NSA data centers that perform the illegal spying is a novel approach. What are your thoughts?