Bill to overhaul NSA data collection clears hurdle in US Congress


  • TECH
  • Friday, 09 May 2014

WASHINGTON: A US House of Representatives committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to advance a bill that would end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' telephone records, one of the most controversial spy programs revealed a year ago by former contractor Edward Snowden. 

The House Judiciary committee voted 32-0 to back the measure, which would end the NSA's gathering information about telephone calls and storing them for at least five years. It would instead leave the records with telephone companies. 

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