NSA's Domestic Phone Spying
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Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to "Put a Stake in the Heart" of NSA's Domestic Phone Spying
"The NSA's sprawling phone records dragnet was born in secrecy, defended with lies, and never stopped a single terrorist attack," said Sen. Ron Wyden
by: Andrea Germanos
Fight for the Future campaigner Laila Abdelaz said the new legislation is "a welcome and necessary first-step in a longer fight to dismantle the U.S. government's sprawling surveillance state." (Image: EFF Photos/flickr/cc)
In a move welcomed by civil liberties advocates, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation to end once and for all the National Security Agency's authority for mass surveillance of Americans' phone records.
"It's a welcome and necessary first-step in a longer fig...