Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is “deeply concerned by reports that the [National Security Agency] is breaking into the overseas communications links between” Google and Yahoo’s data centers and has asked the administration to brief him on whether…
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the reports (CD Oct 31 p9) are true, according to a statement issued Wednesday evening. On Tuesday, Leahy introduced the USA Freedom Act with Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. (CD Oct 30 p4). The bill would end the NSA’s bulk collection of phone metadata and allow companies to disclose information about the surveillance requests they receive, but not address the type of overseas surveillance known as MUSCULAR. The Washington Post first reported the program’s existence Wednesday (http://wapo.st/1dNYzxr). “If the reports are true, this infiltration could be sweeping in the communications of millions of Americans who use the services of these two U.S. companies every day,” Leahy said. “I will be asking whether this report is accurate, what legal authority the government is using, and how they are protecting the privacy rights of law-abiding Americans."