The US Senate on Tuesday passed United States’ most significant surveillance reform since 1978 and the first piece of legislation to reform post 9/11 surveillance measures, the USA Freedom Act that would halt the National Security Agency’s dragnet of telephone data from millions of Americans who have no connection to terrorism, in vindication for NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden. The Freedom Act had already passed the House of Representatives. US President Barack Obama, signed the bill into law as soon as he got it.
