Free Press: Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill Passes the Senate With Some New Privacy Safeguards. The House Needs to Add More
May 15, 2020
May 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Free Press issued the following news release:
On Thursday, the Senate voted to reauthorize sweeping surveillance powers allowing national-security agencies to spy on the communications of millions of people in the United States.
The vote occurred following several efforts to offer amendments to improve privacy safeguards in the bill. The only amendment to succeed, offered by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), expands the rol . . .
On Thursday, the Senate voted to reauthorize sweeping surveillance powers allowing national-security agencies to spy on the communications of millions of people in the United States.
The vote occurred following several efforts to offer amendments to improve privacy safeguards in the bill. The only amendment to succeed, offered by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), expands the rol . . .