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Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Act — Language Now Available

by Jennifer Stisa Granick

October 1, 2013

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4th Amendment, Congress, Congressional Oversight, Domestic Surveillance, FISA Reform, Metadata, NSA, Ron Wyden

by Jennifer Stisa Granick

October 1, 2013

Yesterday, I wrote about the proposed Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act.  The language of the proposed bill is not yet available on the Library of Congress’ Thomas website, but here is a copy of the proposed bill, along with the summary of the bill.

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Jennifer Stisa Granick

Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at the ACLU's Project on Speech, Privacy and Technology.
Member of the editorial board of Just Security.
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