Congress Reforms Surveillance Policies
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From the Right
USA Freedom Act Shifts the Surveillance GameSweeping 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.
From the Left
Thought bulk data collection was gone? Think againThe NSA is gearing up to collect millions of Americans telephone metadata -- again. Just two days after the agency shut down that program when the Patriot Act provision that authorized it expired Sunday at midnight, the Senate restored those authorities, allowing the government to reinstate bulk data collection -- for the next six months. How? By passing the USA Freedom Act, the bill intended to end that very program.
From the Left
Congress turns away from post-9/11 law, retooling U.S. surveillance powersCongress on Tuesday rejected some of the sweeping intelligence-gathering powers it granted national security officials after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with the Senate voting to end the government’s bulk collection of private telephone records and to reform other surveillance policies.
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