It's a bad thing. Also, you shouldn't trust the Times on issues like this. And I wonder why, of all the available articles, the Times was the one chosen to be s

It's a bad thing. Also, you shouldn't trust the Times on issues like this. And I wonder why, of all the available articles, the Times was the one chosen to be submitted here on HN. Anyway, just read ArsTechnica reporting: * Let the snooping resume: Senate revives Patriot Act surveillance measures http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/let-the-snooping-resume-senate-revives-patriot-surveillance-measures/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/let-the-snooping-... * How the end of Patriot Act provisions changes NSA surveillance http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/how-the-end-of-patriot-act-provisions-changes-nsa-surveillance/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/how-the-end-of-pa...