As you may have heard, last night the House passed the USA Freedom Act of 2015. The bill will finally end the “bulk collection” of Americans’ library, phone and many other personal records under Section 215 (a.k.a. the “library provision”) of the PATRIOT Act and also will for the first time enable meaningful legal challenge of the FBI’s National Security Letters and the gag orders that accompany them.
The American Library Association has created action alerts asking advocates to call , email , or tweet their Senators and encourage them to support the USA Freedom Act. Please use any or all of these easy ways to contact our Senators! There is additional information about the bill available on District Dispatch.
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