National Journal: Could this be the beginning of the end of dragnet surveillance?

Today, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy is introducing a bill that could curtail some of the worst abuses of NSA spying. What do you think of this step? Don't forget to speak out against bulk surveillance at

Today, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy is introducing a bill that could curtail some of the worst abuses of NSA spying. What do you think of this step? Don't forget to speak out against bulk surveillance at https://OpenMedia.org/fightback

Article by Dustin Volz for National Journal

A powerful Democratic senator introduced a new bill Tuesday that would end the National Security Agency's bulk surveillance of Americans' phone records and force the government to be more transparent and accountable with its spying orders.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy unveiled his hotly anticipated USA Freedom Act, a measure that has gained considerable traction and buzz over the past week. It is a strengthened version of a bill of the same name that passed the House in May, but only after a number of changes foisted onto it by the administration and defense hawks prompted tech companies and privacy advocates to drop their support.

Leahy's bill currently boasts support from the White House, tech companies, and a litany of privacy and civil-liberties groups that see it as fixing much of what was undone during eleventh-hour backroom negotiations ahead of the House vote.

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