Congress retroactively legalized some of the spying: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/intel/RL34600.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/intel/RL34600.pdf [PDF] The reforms

Congress retroactively legalized some of the spying: https://sgp.fas.org/crs/intel/RL34600.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/intel/RL34600.pdf [PDF] The reforms to bulk data collection were immediately after the revelations. Congress has been continuing/expanding surveillance in the years since. But, perhaps not to the degree they would have without Snowden's revelations? I want to believe that Snowden's great sacrifice made lasting changes, but I don't think the evidence supports it. E.g., > Congress extends patriot act section 702 spying powers (2018) https://www.zdnet.com/article/congress-demanded-nsa-spying-reform-instead-they-let-you-down/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/congress-demanded-nsa-spying-r... > Congress extends patriot act section 215 spying powers (2019) https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/congress-just-temporarily-extended-the-governments-spying-powers https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/congress-just-te... > With practically no public notice and no public hearings, the House of Representatives passed the College Transparency Act (CTA) on Feb. 4, 2022, by slipping it into a much larger unrelated bill called the America Competes Act, intended to better position the United States to compete with China. (2022) > creation of a comprehensive data system that would include the personal information of every student enrolled in college or another higher education institution, and track them after their [sic] graduate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/04/congress-student-data-collect-privacy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/04/congress...