As was widely expected, Senator Patrick Leahy has introduced the new Senate version of the USA Freedom Act. As you recall, there was a semi-decent bill in the House that had made it pretty far, before being completely gutted by the White House. From what we‘ve heard, the Senate has been negotiating with the White House pretty intensely over the past month or so, and has taken a stance that it would not give in the way the House did. The end result is a much stronger bill than what the House passed — and one that actually would block some of the NSA‘s more nefarious activities. As Access notes, there is much to like about the new bill, which is almost as good as the original USA Freedom Act in the House from last fall.