It extends the expiration of three Patriot Act provisions—Section 215, roving wiretaps and the lone wolf surveillance authority—to December 2019.

It underscores the crying need for NSA reform. But as the article below argues, passing the USA Freedom Act will only be a first step on that path. On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee ...

It doesn't appear to be easy to support the USA Freedom Act. The Act's full real name is the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-Collection ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act. It also overhauls the most ...

To be clear, the bill that passed yesterday is not as strong as we wanted. It is markedly weaker than the original version of the USA Freedom Act that the ACLU first supported in 2013, which itself ...

The Senate has approved the USA Freedom Act, which will alter the way U.S. agencies conduct surveillance and gather data. A final vote on the bill came late Tuesday afternoon, after amendments to ...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that senators would vote on the bipartisan USA Freedom Act "as soon as we can." Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr ...

In March, the commission also ordered Apple to open up some of its well-known features, like proximity-triggered pairing, ...

The Madleen was organised by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), a grassroots group which campaigns in solidarity with the ...

(AP/Evan Vucci) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is in a box on the Patriot Act. Two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the USA Freedom Act—a bill ...