US Senate kills reform amendment, Biden swiftly signs bill into law
US lawmakers on Saturday reauthorized a contentious warrantless surveillance tool for another two years — and added a whole bunch of people and organizations to the list of those who can be compelled to spy for Uncle Sam.
The Senate also rejected an amendment that sought to curb an expanded definition of an electronic communications service provider, which previously covered traditional phone, email, and internet companies. "Time after time anti-reformers pledge that their band-aid changes to the law will curb abuses, and yet every time, the public learns about fresh abuses by officials who face little meaningful oversight," Wyden said in a statement."Those of us who believe liberty and security are not mutually exclusive have a lot of work to do.
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