The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing today, “A Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Proposals, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the SAFE Act.”
Link to testimony and member statements
The SAFE Act (S. 1709), To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to place reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the issuance of search warrants, and for other purposes.
From the testimony today of James Comey, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice: “And while these judicial orders could be issued to bookstores or libraries, section 215 does not single them out (though, historically, terrorists and spies have used libraries to plan and carry out activities that threaten our national security).
