Spy Limits Gain Momentum as NSA Violations Spur Congress

Disclosure that the U.S. National Security Agency broke privacy rules thousands of times in a year is adding momentum to efforts in Congress to curb the top-secret surveillance programs made public by Edward Snowden.

“People are feeling the heat, and I think there will be meaningful change,” Bruce Schneier, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, said in an interview after the latest disclosure. Schneier, a critic of the NSA, said it’s become a “rogue agency” that’s ripe for legislative restrictions.