Tuesday, June 2, 2015

OANN: U.S. Lawmakers Warn Proposed Changes Could Doom Spy Bill

By Mark Hosenball and Patricia Zengerle, June 1, 2015, Reuters/OANN

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – High-ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives warned the Senate on Monday that proposed changes to the USA Freedom Act, a bill reforming domestic surveillance, were unlikely to pass the House and might doom the contentious spy program.

The renewed tension between the two houses came a day after the Senate failed to pass legislation extending the legal authority for U.S. spy agencies’ collection of American’s phone records in time to keep the program from expiring.

While a lapse of only a few days is seen as having little effect on intelligence agencies’ capabilities, a legislative struggle is now looming over the Senate’s proposed amendments to the Freedom Act aimed at extending surveillance powers.

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