House to Advance Bill to End Mass NSA Surveillance

A bill that would effectively end one of the National Security Agency’s most controversial spy programs is finally getting its day in congressional court.

 

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup of an amended version of the USA Freedom Act on Wednesday, a surprising and sudden move that would essentially nullify the government’s ability to collect bulk metadata of Americans’ phone records.

 

The maneuver may also be a counter to plans the House Intelligence Committee has to push forward a competing bill that privacy advocates say would not go far enough to curb the government’s sweeping surveillance programs.

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