Leahy, Franken Surveillance Revamp Bills Likely to See Movement, Says CDT Staff

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Congress is likely to make progress on some privacy bills introduced after a summer of leaks aboutngovernment surveillance programs, said staffers at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) duringna news briefing Thursday. One such “bill to watch” is the FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act,nintroduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., because it was “introduced by ancommittee chairman who has the power to move his bill,” said Greg Nojeim, director of CDT’s Project onnFreedom, Security and Technology. Nojeim also said he was optimistic about bills to revise the ElectronicnCommunications Privacy Act. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., "wants to do ancomprehensive bill, and they’re working on coming up with something," he said.