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09-25-2013, 04:21 PM
NSA reform bill to trim back US surveillance unveiled in Congress
Ron Wyden says Snowden disclosures have 'caused a sea change' and announces most comprehensive package so far
Paul Lewis and Dan Roberts in Washington
Wednesday 25 September 2013 17.30 EDT
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Four senators at the vanguard of bipartisan efforts to rein in US government spying programs announced the most comprehensive package of surveillance reforms so far presented on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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.
"The disclosures over the last 100 days have caused a sea change in the way the public views the surveillance system," said Democratic senator Ron Wyden, unveiling the bill at a press conference alongside Republican Rand Paul.
"We are introducing legislation that is the most comprehensive bipartisan intelligence reform proposal since the disclosures of last June," he said.
Wyden said the bill would set a high bar for "not cosmetic" intelligence reform, on the eve of a series of congressional hearings into the NSA's surveillance powers that will begin on Thursday.
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read more:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/nsa-reform-bill-surveillance-congress
Ron Wyden says Snowden disclosures have 'caused a sea change' and announces most comprehensive package so far
Paul Lewis and Dan Roberts in Washington
Wednesday 25 September 2013 17.30 EDT
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/9/25/1380144413281/Rand-Paul-speaks-at-the-u-010.jpg
Four senators at the vanguard of bipartisan efforts to rein in US government spying programs announced the most comprehensive package of surveillance reforms so far presented on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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.
"The disclosures over the last 100 days have caused a sea change in the way the public views the surveillance system," said Democratic senator Ron Wyden, unveiling the bill at a press conference alongside Republican Rand Paul.
"We are introducing legislation that is the most comprehensive bipartisan intelligence reform proposal since the disclosures of last June," he said.
Wyden said the bill would set a high bar for "not cosmetic" intelligence reform, on the eve of a series of congressional hearings into the NSA's surveillance powers that will begin on Thursday.
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read more:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/nsa-reform-bill-surveillance-congress