19.12.2013 - 03:23 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

54 Civil Liberties and Public Interest Organizations Oppose the FISA Improvements Act

Fifty-four civil liberties and public interest groups sent a letter to Congressional leadership today opposing S. 1631, the FISA Improvements Act. The bill, promoted by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), seeks to legalize and extend NSA mass surveillance programs, including the classified phone records surveillance program confirmed by documents released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden this summer.