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ACLU Urges Support for FISA-Related Amendments

Congress should support three amendments to the USA Freedom Act, which would strengthen civil liberties against improper intelligence agency spying, said the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday. ACLU supported amendments (see 2003180042): one from Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Patrick…

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Leahy, D-Vt.; another from Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; and a third from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. The amendments would stop browsing history spying without probable cause, strengthen independent “friend-of-the-court” provisions before the secret intelligence court, and prevent the “use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act against people in the United States,” the group said.