Oct 29
WASHINGTON — A major bill to reform the National Security Agency was introduced on Tuesday as the spy service’s director defended its activities before the House Intelligence Committee.
The bipartisan legislation introduced jointly by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is one of the most ambitious efforts to rein in the NSA’s spying powers in the wake of revelations made by former agency contractor Edward Snowden.
“It is time for serious and meaningful reforms so we can restore confidence in our intelligence community,” Leahy said in a statement. “Modest transparency and oversight provisions are not enough. We need real reform.”
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