Why the latest Patriot Act reform won’t be enough to rein in the NSA

Posted on AllSides June 8th, 2015
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Recent debates over US government spying have focused on one specific program: the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records — and the Patriot Act provision that supplied the program's legal justification. From that perspective, the partial expiration of the Patriot Act a week ago and the subsequent passage of surveillance reform legislation might seem like a decisive victory against mass surveillance.

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http://www.vox.com/2015/6/7/8741095/patriot-nsa-john-tye

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