The adopted after the attacks of Sept. 11 Patriot Act was giving extended privileges for special services in surveillance of suspected terrorists. The Act allowed for instance to the collection by the National Security Agency telephone billing Americans, which was revealed by Edward Snowden.
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Controversies and disputes regarding this program meant that Congress had no time or extend the existing provisions which expired the previous night, or adopt a new version of the bill.
The extraordinary legislative path required the approval of all senators. He refused, however, on her senator Rand Paul , who believes that the special services have too much power in the surveillance of citizens.
In this situation changes in the Patriot Act will have to be enacted in the ordinary course, which takes a minimum of 2-3 days.
The new version of the Act provides that a phone records of Americans will be collected but not by the US government only telecommunications companies. The authorities will be able to reach them with the permission of the court.
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