Tech Groups Send Letter to Congressional Leaders, Urge Passage of USA Freedom Act
The Center for Democracy & Technology was one of more than 25 companies, associations and civil society groups urging Congress to “swiftly” pass the USA Freedom Act. In Wednesday's letter to House and Senate leadership and the Judiciary and Intelligence…
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committees' chairs, the groups said the legislation “does not comprehensively address surveillance concerns,” and “calls for future action once the USA Freedom Act is passed,” a CDT news release said. “It’s time for Congress to act on this legislation and end bulk collection of phone call records,” CDT Senior Counsel Harley Geiger said. “We need reform of the PATRIOT Act, not a rubber stamp extension of it and the misuses to which is has been put.” The CDT-led letter, signed by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the Internet Association, the Internet Infrastructure Coalition, Mozilla, New America’s Open Technology Institute, Reform Government Surveillance, TechFreedom and others, comes less than one month before USA Patriot Act Section 215 is to expire. The House is expected to vote on the legislation next week after returning from a recess.