A coalition of 52 groups wrote a letter to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives calling for an amendment prohibiting warrantless searches of online activities to be included in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reauthorization bill. The amendment, proposed by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., was two of three voted down by the Senate May 13. The coalition said the amendment would help counter "a dramatic loss of trust in United States intelligence agencies over the past two decades."
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