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Focus: USA Freedom Act - June 2, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 01 June 2015

Pro-NSA senators aim to weaken USA Freedom Act's privacy protections (texts of the amendements) - dailydot.com

The Senate’s proposed changes to the surveillance reform bill are running into resistance in the House - POLITICO

Goodlatte, Conyers, Sensenbrenner, Nadler: Senate Must Pass USA Freedom Act without Amendment - Judiciary Committee

Rand Paul Won’t Get Amendments on NSA Reform Bill—But Mitch McConnell Will - NationalJournal.com

Paul wants eight amendments to spy law legislation - WashingtonExaminer.com

Key Senate Republican to oppose NSA amendments - TheHill

Fears NSA will seek to undermine surveillance reform - The Guardian

POLL: A plurality of 42 percent believe NSA provisions to collect metadata should be extended with some modifications - POLITICO

White House urges Senate to approve NSA reform bill - TheHill

VIDEO: Obama Weekly Address on the USA Freedom Act - YouTube

VIDEO: Why Bernie Sanders will vote against the USA Freedom Act - Yahoo Yahoo Eurosport UK

Senators Should Oppose Senator McConnell’s Amendments and Pass a Clean Version of the USA FREEDOM Act - newamerica.org

A guide through Senate amendments to the USA FREEDOM Act - R Street Institute

Oppose Amendments to Weaken & Delay USA Freedom Act - Center for Democracy & Technology

ACLU: NSA reform bill doesn't go far enough - usatoday.com

NSA Reform Vote a Win for Tech & Internet Companies - DC Inno

ITI Calls on senators to pass the USA Freedom Act’s surveillance reforms and eschew any harmful amendments - Information Technology Industry Council

Letter of privacy and advocacy groups supporting the USA Freedom Act: it is not as protective of civil liberties as we would prefer, but significantly improve the status quo - cloudfront.net

ALA draws line in sand on USA FREEDOM amendments - District Dispatch

USA Freedom 3.0 - Steps Forward and Missed Opportunities - FreedomWorks

Text of The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048) - congress.gov

Don’t Worry, the Government Still Has Plenty of Surveillance Power Without Section 215 - Electronic Frontier Foundation

Forget the Patriot Act – Here Are the Privacy Violations You Should Be Worried About - Foreign Policy

Information sharing is taking back seat to NSA reform - WashingtonExaminer.com

Surveillance reform could tee up cyber bill - TheHill

Charges against Edward Snowden stand, despite telephone surveillance ban - The Guardian

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