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Thoughts on next steps at the end of the article: "Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, and Senator Leahy made it clear after passage that curtailing the phone
by pc2g4d 11y ago
Thoughts on next steps at the end of the article:
"Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, and Senator Leahy made it clear after passage that curtailing the phone sweeps might be only the beginning. The two are collaborating on legislation to undo a provision in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 that allows the government to read the contents of email over six months old. House members and senators from both parties are already eyeing a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that they say has also been abused by the government.
"But opponents of the law said they imagined further fights going forward for their positions, too. Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, said she and others would continue to seek reforms and oversight.
"'It’s not the end,' she said."