Source: www.dailykos.com - Friday, April 17, 2015
Some provisions of the Patriot Act, including Section 215 which the FISA court has interpreted to allow the government to collect the phone records of virtually every person in the United States, are up for renewal this spring with a June deadline. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) pushed hard for reforms of the program at the end of last year, but their efforts narrowly failed. So they're back at it, and reportedly are nearing a deal. According to people involved in the discussions, the plan would largely mirror last year's failed effort to end the NSA's bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records. […] Multiple advocates of NSA reform told The Hill they are optimistic that the latest bill would provide a greater check on U.S. spying powers, nearly two years after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked explosive information about the NSA's activities. […] Like previous efforts, the new version of the USA Freedom Act would effectively end the metadata program by requiring the NSA to obtain a court order before searching through records held by private phone companies, people involved in the negotiations said. The plan would reform the secretive court that oversees U.S. intelligence activities by adding a panel that would provide an alternate voice to the government. It would also allow tech and telecom companies to disclose more details about the records they hand over to federal authorit
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Some provisions of the Patriot Act, including Section 215 which the FISA court has interpreted to allow the government to collect the phone records of virtually every person in the United States, are up for renewal this spring with a June deadline. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) pushed hard for reforms of the program at the end of last year, but their efforts narrowly failed. So they're back at it, and reportedly are nearing a deal. According to people involved in the discussions, the plan would largely mirror last year's failed effort to end the NSA's bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records. […] Multiple advocates of NSA reform told The Hill they are optimistic that the latest bill would provide a greater check on U.S. spying powers, nearly two years after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked explosive information about the NSA's activities. […] Like previous efforts, the new version of the USA Freedom Act would effectively end the metadata program by requiring the NSA to obtain a court order before searching through records held by private phone companies, people involved in the negotiations said. The plan would reform the secretive court that oversees U.S. intelligence activities by adding a panel that would provide an alternate voice to the government. It would also allow tech and telecom companies to disclose more details about the records they hand over to federal authoritfrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1FTNzYe
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