U.S. National Security Agency Bulk Phone Data Collection

Jun 2, 2015:

By a vote of 67-32, the U.S. Senate passed H.R.2048 - USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 and President Obama signed the bill. The bill states that over the next six months the current NSA call metadata surveillance program will end, but phone metadata stored by telecommunications companies can still be accessed on a case-by-case basis with a court order.

Jun 1, 2015:

Yesterday, by a vote of 77-17, the U.S. Senate agreed to proceed with the passage of H.R.2048 - USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, but passage of the bill was thwarted by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

Three key provisions of the USA Patriot Act expired today:

  • Bulk Data Collection
  • "Lone Wolf" provision
  • "Roving Wiretaps" provision

May 13, 2015:

By a vote of 338-88, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.2048 - USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 which prohibits U.S. domestic bulk phone metadata collection by the National Security Agency. The bill does not prohibit the NSA from accessing the data (just from collection), so the data could still be acquired from U.S. telecommunications companies via court-issued warrants. Now the bill goes to the U.S. Senate.

May 7, 2015:

In New York, a federal appeals court ruled that the practice of U.S. domestic bulk phone metadata collection is illegal. The ruling targets section 215 of the USA Patriot Act which until now was used to justify the data collection.

June 9, 2013:

Edward Snowden announced that he is the source of the recent disclosures of the U.S. National Security Agency's bulk phone metadata collection surveillance program.

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