ACLU: Senate Passes USA Freedom Act

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. The Senate passed the USA Freedom Act today, a bill to amend the Patriot Act’s Section 215 and other surveillance authorities.

Jameel Jaffer, American Civil liberties Union deputy legal director, had this reaction:

“The passage of the USA Freedom Act is a milestone. This is the most important surveillance reform bill since 1978, and its passage is an indication that Americans are no longer willing to give the intelligence agencies a…