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The USA FREEDOM Act of 2015: What’s in it?

29 Apr 2015

Access analyzes the USA FREEDOM Act, showing what is in the bill and what we believe is necessary to fix it.

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The USA FREEDOM Act of 2015: What’s in it?
29 Apr 2015
The USA FREEDOM Act of 2015: What’s in it?
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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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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
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Obama Must Act on His Promise to Reform the NSA

14 Nov 2014

The Senate will soon vote on whether pass the USA Freedom Act, a bill that would end one of the worst abuses of the NSA’s surveillance authority.

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Obama Must Act on His Promise to Reform the NSA
14 Nov 2014
Obama Must Act on His Promise to Reform the NSA
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Dear Congress: Ignore distractions and pass USA FREEDOM

31 Oct 2014

With limited time left in the legislative calendar for this Congress, it is time for an assessment of priorities. To start, we need to reign in the NSA’s privacy-violating surveillance programs. The USA FREEDOM Act would limit, instead of expand, the government’s intake of user information. It should be a priority for the outgoing Congress. And yet, priorities seems to be elsewhere.

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Dear Congress: Ignore distractions and pass USA FREEDOM
31 Oct 2014
Dear Congress: Ignore distractions and pass USA FREEDOM
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One step closer: USA FREEDOM Act moves US toward greater compliance with human rights law

21 Aug 2014

One step closer: USA FREEDOM Act moves US toward greater compliance with human rights law

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One step closer: USA FREEDOM Act moves US toward greater compliance with human rights law
21 Aug 2014
One step closer: USA FREEDOM Act moves US toward greater compliance with human rights law
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Ten things to like about USA FREEDOM: U.S. Senate introduces much-improved surveillance reform bill

29 Jul 2014

Access urges expedient passage of law to reform NSA surveillance, but warns that additional reforms are needed.

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Ten things to like about USA FREEDOM: U.S. Senate introduces much-improved surveillance reform bill
29 Jul 2014
Ten things to like about USA FREEDOM: U.S. Senate introduces much-improved surveillance reform bill
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Merrily we roll along? A re-cap on USA FREEDOM

24 Jul 2014

USA FREEDOM Act likely to be considered on Senate floor. Here’s a re-cap of the path the bill has taken to get to this point.

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Merrily we roll along? A re-cap on USA FREEDOM
24 Jul 2014
Merrily we roll along? A re-cap on USA FREEDOM

Mo’ data, mo’ problems: Data retention rears ugly head in U.S. surveillance reform debate

25 Jun 2014

Amongst the dangers faced by the USA FREEDOM Act—the surveillance reform legislation in the U.S. most likely to pass—as it moves from the House to the Senate, is the introduction of a mandatory data retention requirement.

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Mo’ data, mo’ problems: Data retention rears ugly head in U.S. surveillance reform debate
25 Jun 2014
Mo’ data, mo’ problems: Data retention rears ugly head in U.S. surveillance reform debate