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U.s. Lawmakers Seek To End Spies' Mass Collection Of Phone Data


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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte speaks at a news conference on the anticipated House passage of the USA Freedom Act on Capitol Hill in WashingtonU.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday to end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone data, setting up a potential showdown over the program, which expires on June 1. Republican U.S. Representatives Bob Goodlatte and Jim Sensenbrenner and Democrats John Conyers and Jerry Nadler introduced the "USA Freedom Act" in the House of Representatives, seeking to tighten control of a program publicly exposed two years ago by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Similar legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Democrat Patrick Leahy and Republican Mike Lee.




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