Experts Slam 'Watered-Down' Surveillance Bill That Congress Just Passed

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Experts Slam 'Watered-Down' Surveillance Bill That Congress Just Passed
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A surveillance bill aiming to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans' phone records passed the House on Thursday (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/tech**logy/house-poised-to-pass-curbs-on-nsa-surveillance/2014/05/22/198ca18e-e181-11e3-9442-54189bf1a809_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_t witter_washingtonpost), despite privacy advocates calling it “weak (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/22/nsa-surveillance-bill-backing-privacy-advocates-facebook-google),” “watered-down (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-passes-watered-down-nsa-reform-bill/)" and "dangerously broad (http://www.zdnet.com/house-passes-controversial-freedom-act-7000029780/)."

See also: This Is How the NSA Is Trying to Win Over the Media (http://mashable.com/2014/03/23/this-is-how-the-nsa-is-trying-to-win-over-the-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


K**wn as the USA Freedom Act, the bill follows President Barack Obama's January call on Congress (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/us/politics/obama-nsa.html) to end the NSA's bulk collection of U.S. citizens' phone call information.

The bill, which passed the House 303-121, requires that American phone companies keep records of calls made on their networks for 18 months and let the NSA search their contents for ties to terrorism investigations. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/22/congress-nsa-surveillance-bill/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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