Key Surveillance Provisions Of The U.S. Patriot Act Have Expired

New York Times: Senate to Take Up Spy Bill as Parts of Patriot Act Expire

WASHINGTON — The Senate will reconvene at midday on Monday to consider changes to a House bill that would curtail the government’s authority to sweep up vast quantities of telephone records after the program, which began after the 2001 terrorist attacks, expired at 12:01 a.m.

Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, blocked an extension of it during an extraordinary and at times caustic Sunday session of the Senate.

Hamstrung by procedural rules that require the consent of all lawmakers, the Senate is unable to restore the lapsed authorities until at least Tuesday. The Senate was on recess last week.

More News On Key Surveillance Provisions Of The U.S. Patriot Act Expiring

US Spy Agency Collection of Telephone Data Halted -- VOA
NSA Data Collection Program Expires Temporarily After Senate Blocks Extension -- Reuters
Patriot Act provisions expire as Senate compromise comes late -- USA Today
U.S. Spy Architecture Pared Back as Part of Patriot Act Expires -- WSJ
Goodbye Section 215: Patriot Act key surveillance provisions expire -- RT
NSA Mass Surveillance Mandate Expires, Senate to Reconsider USA Freedom Act -- Sputnik
Controversial US monitoring powers expire -- Al Jazeera
‘Modest changes to US Patriot Act left major problems unresolved’ -- RT
After the Patriot Act Provisions Sunset, What's Next? -- Halimah Abdullah, NBC
Why Mitch McConnell bid to extend Patriot Act failed -- Francine Kiefer, CSM