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Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week

Posted by samzenpus on from the stop-looking-at-me dept.

apexcp writes Senate Majority Leader (for now) Harry Reid announced he will be taking the USA FREEDOM Act to a floor vote in the Senate as early as next week. While the bill, if passed, would be the first significant legislative reform of the NSA since 9/11, many of the act's initial supporters have since disavowed it, claiming that changes to its language mean it won't do enough to curb the abuses of the American surveillance state

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  1. Not a solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The USA FREEDOM Act only limits spying on American citizens. The spying on the rest of the world is not addressed at all.

  2. Re:Well, well we want to get some work done now... by PseudoCoder · · Score: 1, Informative

    More on Reid's shenanigans.

    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/368369/harry-reids-obstructionism-andrew-stiles

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