10.08.2013 - 07:16 [ Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator ]

Wyden Statement on President Obama’s Proposed Reforms to the FISC and PATRIOT ACT

The President also stated that he would support reforms to section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, which is the provision of the law that has been secretly interpreted to allow the government to engage in the bulk collection of Americans‘ records. I have seen absolutely zero evidence that the bulk collection of Americans‘ phone records under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act has provided any unique value to intelligence gathering or actually made Americans any safer, so I believe that these reforms should ensure that bulk collection is ended.