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In a midnight session, the Senate has voted down the USA Freedom Act, putting one of the legal bedrocks of the NSA’s bulk surveillance programs into jeopardy. The Patriot Act is set to expire at the end of the month, and the USA Freedom Act would have extended large portions of the act in modified form. Tonight’s failure to arrive at a vote makes it likely that many of those powers will automatically expire, although Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) scheduled a last-minute session on May 31st for one last shot at passing the bill.
In particular, the USA Freedom Act would have modified the Section 215 of the Patriot Act, a clause that allows the FBI to secretly order the collection of “tangible things” that could help in a…
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Senate votes down USA Freedom Act, putting bulk surveillance powers in jeopardy http://www.danieluk.net/news/senate-votes-down-usa-freedom-act-putting-bulk-surveillance-powers-in-jeopardy/
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