According to Reitman, CISPA would let companies bypass all existing privacy law and pass citizens' personal data to the government even if there's a weak excuse that the information is related to cyber security purposes. She says, rightly, that if the government wants personal information about users of services -- such as the content of emails -- it should have to go to a judge and get a warrant.

A group of security experts, professors and academics and engineers to Congress, stating their criticism of CISPA. The Obama administration also has if the measure is approved by Congress.

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