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Access Cautiously Welcomes Introduction of USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

29 Apr 2015

Access today welcomed the reintroduction of a bipartisan reform bill meant to rein in the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk collection of domestic telephone metadata.

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Access Cautiously Welcomes Introduction of USA FREEDOM Act of 2015
29 Apr 2015
Access Cautiously Welcomes Introduction of USA FREEDOM Act of 2015
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Access Announces Strong Opposition to Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act

22 Apr 2015

Access today announced strong opposition to S. 1035, legislation introduced by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would extend expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act through 2020.

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Access Announces Strong Opposition to Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act
22 Apr 2015
Access Announces Strong Opposition to Reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act
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Access Joins Call for Surveillance Reform: Without Changes, Spying Law Must Expire

26 Mar 2015

Letter is a clarion call for meaningful surveillance reform — but now the real work begins.

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Access Joins Call for Surveillance Reform: Without Changes, Spying Law Must Expire
26 Mar 2015
Access Joins Call for Surveillance Reform: Without Changes, Spying Law Must Expire
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USA FREEDOM Act Fails to Move Forward in the Senate

19 Nov 2014

Yesterday, the USA FREEDOM Act — the bill that would have halted the NSA’s bulk collection of telephony metadata under section 215 of the PATRIOT Act — failed to move forward in the United States Senate.

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USA FREEDOM Act Fails to Move Forward in the Senate
19 Nov 2014
USA FREEDOM Act Fails to Move Forward in the Senate
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Time for the Senate to pass the USA FREEDOM Act

17 Nov 2014

This week the Senate is expected to vote on the USA FREEDOM Act, a bill that would end one of the worst abuses of the NSA’s surveillance authority. Access urges the Senate to protect privacy and pass the bill.

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Time for the Senate to pass the USA FREEDOM Act
17 Nov 2014
Time for the Senate to pass the USA FREEDOM Act