The title of the article strikes me as one written by a Republican. This is a terrible bill, that's why it's not being signed.

Declan McCullough's reporting on legal issues frequently seems completely off base to me.

Yes. He also recently reported Patrick Leahy supporting a measure to liberalize law enforcement access to email without a warrant; Leahy supported a measure that was effectively the opposite, which is no surprise as Leahy is one of the most liberal members of the Senate, with a very strong ACLU scorecard.

But fact checking this stuff would cost CNet rageviews.

Given the number of articles that have been as poorly chosen it would not surprise me if this was the case.