“Under the legislation, instead of the NSA collecting and housing the metadata from every phone call made to and from the United States, that data will remain in the hands of the telecoms. Previously, there were no laws barring the NSA from searching the data carte blanche, although the agency promised it would only do so if it had a ‘reasonable, articulable suspicion’ against a terrorism target.  The USA Freedom Act, however, demands that the NSA get approval for a search from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court before demanding that the telecoms hand over metadata. However, no ‘probable-cause’ Fourth Amendment standard is required to access the database.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/nsa-reform-falters-as-house-passes-gutted-usa-freedom-act/

Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin

Donate via Installed Wallet Copy