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A look at the post-Sept. 11 surveillance provisions that expired on Monday, June 1, 2015: Section 215 of the Patriot Act This has been used to authorize the National Security Agency's bulk ...
At midnight on May 31, 2015, Section 215 expired. [47] With the passage of the USA Freedom Act on June 2, 2015 the expired parts of law, including Section 215, were reported broadly as restored and renewed through 2019. [48] But, the USA Freedom Act did not explicitly state that it was restoring the expired provisions of Section 215. [49]
The American Library Association strongly objects to section 215. In a resolution passed on June 29, 2005 they stated that "Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act allows the government to secretly request and obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without any reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity". They resolved:
The first act reauthorized all but two Title II provisions. Two sections were changed to sunset on December 31, 2009: section 206—the roving wiretap provision—and section 215, which allowed access to business records under FISA. Section 215 was amended further to give greater judicial oversight and review.
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson reflects on his time in office and what he plans to do after he leaves office during an interview at his farm near Bolivar, Mo. on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.
The proposals were made in 2013 and 2014 by legislators in the American states of Utah, Washington, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and California. If enacted as law, they would prohibit the state governments from co-operating with the National Security Agency , whose mass surveillance efforts are seen as unconstitutional by the proposals ...
However, on June 15, 2005, they made a second attempt to limit section 215 searches in an amendment to another House appropriations bill [83] and this time it passed with a vote of 238–187 in favor of the Sanders amendment. [84] Not all proposed legislation was against the Patriot Act, however.