USA Freedom Act Shifts the Surveillance Game

Surveillance,Phone Records,NSA,Defense And Security

Posted on AllSides June 3, 2015

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Sweeping changes to U.S. surveillance laws are now in effect after being signed by President Barack Obama Tuesday. In a rare shift of alliances, the USA Freedom Act passed Tuesday with both the support of the president and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

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