“It fixes the ‘backdoor search loophole,’ which now allows warrantless searches of the NSA-collected contents of Americans’ communications. It extends broad oversight powers to an independent agency. It guarantees the end of a controversial type of data search (called ‘about’ searches) that the NSA suspended earlier this year. It improves judicial oversight of the government’s surveillance regime. It provides better transparency and requires stricter reporting.”
Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/usa-rights-act-protects-us-nsa-spying
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