House Passes Restrictions on NSA Bulk Data Collection
The House passed legislation Thursday to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American phone records, according to The Associated Press. The compromise measure (called “watered down” by Democrat Jan Schakowsky of Illinois) passed by a vote of 303 to 120, with nine members not voting.
Dropped from the bill was a requirement for an independent public advocate on the secret intelligence court that oversees the NSA, the article says.