Speaking at Georgetown University on Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said he plans to aggressively pursue legislation to curb the National Security Agency’s surveillance powers, The Hill reports. Leahy announced he is working together with USA PATRIOT Act author Sen. Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr., (R-WI) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) to craft the new legislation. “I am convinced that the system set up in the 1970s to regulate the surveillance capabilities of our intelligence community is no longer working,” Leahy said, adding, “In my view—and I’ve discussed this with the White House—the Section 215 bulk collection of Americans’ phone records must end.”
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