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Sens. Feinstein, Portman Want to Expand Wiretapping Authority to Combat Sex Trafficking

A new post from Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is once again attempting to swell federal power and erode civil liberties by preying on fears about sexual exploitation. Today, she and Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the Combat Human Trafficking Act, a bill that would expand federal and state wiretapping authority, mandate that the Department of Justice (DOJ) spend more time investigating and prosecuting buyers of sex acts from trafficking victims, and increase criminal penalties for buyers by legally defining them as human traffickers.

What could be so bad about going after those who buy sex from trafficked individuals, especially sex-trafficked minors? For one, the bill doesn’t require a buyer to know that an individual has been trafficked or is under 18 years of age to be criminally liable. But, more broadly, the bill seems largely aimed at additional encroachments on American privacy and expansion of federal law enforcement power.

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  • I know for a fact the Asian Triad is bringing women into this country saying they will be working at "nail salons". Then they are pulled into the massage parlors by threatening their family back home. I have more than one "john" who has contacted me to say they have gotten their banking information, found out where they worked, if married, etc. and then wiped out their bank accounts. When they threaten to go to the police and wipe out his career and family - the man has no choice but to back off if he doesn't want to wind up not just losing his career and family - but now they're pushing to have these men also arrested? They are also after our rights again - they want the right to censor our free speech and also not to tap our phones. These same exact people I have said I can show them where a trafficking victim is in five minutes. They refuse to come look or help those victims - and then instead want to tell "ignorant" voters who don't know how this industry works - that they have to "tap" phones in order to find out where these victims are. When I start talking the "truth" they attack, intimidate, harass, threaten, anyone who speaks to me or even so much as emails me anymore. I'm having more "johns" contact me with the same story about being blackmailed, robbed, their positions used to funnel information back to the Chinese government - I mean this stuff is right out of a novel! Now I ask you how are the "johns" support to help fight trafficking if they're having to hire a lawyer and shut up to defend their lives? This is absolutely insane. When I used to talk to politicians - they listened. Lately however I've been finding closed doors. Then I start reading IRS forms and see how much money these politicians are being given by people with "agendas" they are using trafficking as a smoke screen over like abortion, free speech, phone tapping, etc. - and I can't spend $20,000,000 on "lobbying" expenses like groups like the AHF do for example. Whew!

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