Author Of Original Patriot Act: No, The Law Was Never Intended to Collect Data On All Americans
Patriot Act,Cellphone Privacy,DHS,Defense And Security
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Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the main author of the original Patriot Act, wrote an op-ed in 2013 explaining the NSA bulk collection of data belonging to Americans is an abuse of the legislation. In particular, Sensenbrenner slammed the Obama administration for abusing the Patriot Act in order to collect phone call information of all Americans, despite any ties to terrorism.
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