The USA Freedom Act was enacted in response to public outcry and demands for reform after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed sweeping government surveillance programs in 2013. Notably, those ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) declared victory Tuesday after the U.S. Senate signed off on sweeping changes to the nation’s surveillance laws. The USA Freedom Act, he said in a written statement, “will ...

Yahoo published three secret requests for user information from the FBI, marking the first time the bureau allowed a company to publicly exploit that it received National Security Letters (NSLs).

The key development on President Barack Obama's promise was the passage of the USA Freedom Act on June 2, 2015. After signing two reauthorizations of the Patriot Act that left most its central ...

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After weeks of political wrangling, the USA Freedom Act was enacted to limit domestic spying by the National Security Agency. Now it turns out that the Obama Administration has expanded the NSA's ...