Congress must decide whether to renew a key part of the USA Freedom Act.
▻https://slate.com/technology/2020/01/usa-freedom-act-renewal-section-215-cdr.html
It’s highly intrusive and ineffective—but some insist Congress should reauthorize it anyway. Remember the Snowden disclosures ? It may seem like an eternity ago, but it was in 2013 that Edward Snowden revealed to the public the government’s extensive warrantless domestic surveillance program. After he disclosed that the National Security Agency was scooping up millions of phone records showing Americans’ calling patterns, Congress responded appropriately by ending that bulk collection program (...)