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The Patriot Acts Broadest Surveillance Powers Have Expired

The Patriot Acts Broadest Surveillance Powers Have Expired

VIA The Verge by Russell Brandom Central portions of the Patriot Act are now expired, after a late-night Senate vote failed to extend the provisions. Those portions include Section 215, which applies to business records requests and has been used to justify the bulk collection of American phone and internet records. The previous Patriot Act authorization […]