Senate to move on NSA legislation

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The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to vote on legislation aimed at restoring public trust in the National Security Agency following a summer of damaging leaks by Edward Snowden. But the bill, authored by Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and ranking member Sen Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), is unlikely to go far enough to appease privacy advocates. The bill would tweak — but not end — the NSA’s controversial program to collect records on all US phone calls. It would also require that the Senate confirm the NSA director and instruct the agency to produce annual reports containing statistics on its surveillance activities. Although Chairman Feinstein says some changes are necessary to promote trust in the NSA, she argues that the surveillance programs are legal and are critical for national security.


Senate to move on NSA legislation