factcheck.org leaves out the part that "willfully" was dropped from the language.

The law had bipartisan support - being authored by a republican in the house and a democrat in the senate. Both parties overwhelmingly voted for it.
Reading reports from sources slanted to both sides politically, it seems that the only people happy with the change to the law are the government. (how often do Fox news, Drudge, the Huffington post, and the ACLU all agree on anything?)


Whether it's a manufactured controversy or not remains to be seen - it does seem that there is more room now for federal law enforcement to abuse the law.
Any notion that one party or the other is responsible is ridiculous. Both parties worked together to make the change.