A showdown is set to take place in the US House of Representatives today in what many hope will be a watershed moment for the fight against the National Security Agency's dragnet surveillance programs. After weeks of outrage from members of Congress and the public, a novel amendment to an annual defense appropriations bill is looking to smother what some consider the most pernicious aspect of the spying activities exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The amendment, led by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), would stop the NSA's phone metadata program from collecting millions of Americans' communications records without suspicion of a crime. The proposal comes after a secret court order revealed that Verizon is being forced to turn over all...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/24/4552794/white-house-scrambles-to-shut-down-imminent-vote-to-defund-nsa-spying
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