Cybersecurity
Senate Blocks Vote on Curbing NSA’s Bulk Data Collection Program
The USA Freedom Act, which would have limited the government's collection of phone records, failed to get the 60 votes needed for passage.
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The Senate blocked legislation that would have limited the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of phone records, more than year after Edward Snowden exposed the extent of U.S. government surveillance programs.
Senate leaders failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance the bill yesterday. It’s unlikely a new version can be drafted for another vote before the congressional term expires this year.