US Senators Secretly Work to Block Safeguards Against Surveillance Abuse

Members of the United States Senate have been working for more than a month to shore up safeguards against further misuse of the US government’s most consequential surveillance program. Those efforts have hit a snag, however, with at least two Republican senators now privately objecting to the changes—provisions that seek to impose new limits on the US government’s power to wiretap communications between Americans and foreigners overseas.

Source: Wired – Threat Level

 


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