Senators back bipartisan NSA reform bill to curb US surveillance

Xeni Jardin 10:18 am Thu Sep 26, 2013

Four senators working on efforts to limit US government spying programs have announced a comprehensive package of surveillance reforms.

"The draft bill represented the first sign that key Republican and Democratic figures in the Senate are beginning to coalesce around a raft of proposals to roll back the powers of the National Security Agency in the wake of top-secret disclosures made by whistleblower Edward Snowden." [theguardian.com]

A bipartisan group of lawmakers including Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are leading the efforts. Read more at Wyden's website.

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