Judge rules FBI, NSA broke the law and court orders with data collection
He still accepted new rules for data collection, however.
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House amendment would require warrants for web history searches
The Lofgren-Davidson amendment could protect Americans' internet privacy.
Yes, the Patriot Act amendment to track us online is real
More “bad touch” from the guys who brought us PRISM
Senate passes Patriot Act amendment strengthening independent oversight
But another amendment intended to protect privacy failed.
US House votes to extend FISA surveillance
The legislation would also bring changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Bipartisan bill would scale back key section of the Patriot Act
While it wouldn’t repeal Section 215 wholly, it would put new limits on it.
Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment
Judges found the incidental collection through PRISM to be legal, but querying that data might not be.
Maria Butina: Cybersecurity charlatan, spy
She infiltrated the Republican party and the NRA, but also had other targets.
NSA deletes hundreds of millions of call records over privacy violations
Telecoms shared data from people unrelated to the NSA's targets.
Trump signs bill extending NSA's warrantless surveillance
'Section 702' adds six more years of data collection.
House votes to extend NSA’s warrantless surveillance capabilities
If it passes the Senate, FISA Section 702 be in effect for six more years.
NSA surveillance reauthorization bill won't go to a vote just yet
Republicans have dropped plans to vote on it, at least in the short term.
White House lets NSA's warrantless surveillance continue until April
It's supposed to expire on New Year's Eve.
NSA surveillance expansion bill moves to House for a vote
The measure would give the NSA more power to snoop on digital targets.
Senators propose 'USA Liberty Act' to reauthorize NSA surveillance
It would add a warrant requirement, but critics say it doesn't go far enough.
Senators propose reforms to wide-reaching surveillance law
They would require the NSA to have a warrant before searching US citizens’ data.
US intelligence wants to make a key foreign surveillance law permanent
Congress to vote on extending FISA Section 702
Microsoft hammered by surveillance requests in 2016 (updated)
But the number of total affected users went down.
