What’s next for NSA reform in Congress?

Name: What’s next for NSA reform in Congress?
Uploaded: 2014-11-20T01:03:18Z
Duration: P451S
Description: A bill to limit the National Security Agency's domestic metadata collection effectively died on the Senate floor. The USA Freedom Act would have forced the NSA to get court orders for specific data from telecom companies. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the lead sponsor of the legislation.

Clip: 11/19/2014 | 7m 31s

A bill to limit the National Security Agency's domestic metadata collection effectively died on the Senate floor. The USA Freedom Act would have forced the NSA to get court orders for specific data from telecom companies. Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the lead sponsor of the legislation.

Aired: 11/19/14

Rating: NR

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