Senators Arlen Specter (D-PA), Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Ted Kaufman (D-DE) introduced legislation yesterday that aims to protect the public from secret video surveillance.
The bill updates the federal Wiretap Act to prohibit unwanted video tapping if an individual is in their homes or a place where one "has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the area."
“Many Americans would be surprised to learn that there is no federal statute to protect them from being secretly videotaped in their homes,” Senator Feingold said. “This bill permits the gover....