On 1 June 2015, Section 215 of the Patriot Act will expire. The - TopicsExpress



          

On 1 June 2015, Section 215 of the Patriot Act will expire. The loss of Section 215 will deprive the NSA of the legal pretext for its bulk domestic phone records dragnet. But it will cut deeper than that: the Federal Bureau of Investigation will lose its controversial post-9/11 powers to obtain vast amounts of business records relevant to terrorism or espionage investigations. Those are investigative authorities the USA Freedom Act leaves largely untouched.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:23:30 +0000

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