I'm not sure exactly how its going to play out, but the move to limit bulk collection of phone data, keeping the data in the hands of the phone companies or an

I'm not sure exactly how its going to play out, but the move to limit bulk collection of phone data, keeping the data in the hands of the phone companies or an independent third party, and requiring a justification and approval from a court before the NSA can access the data sounds like a non trivial reform. This limits the NSA's ability to just suck up everyone's data and then determine a justification after the fact.