NSA ruling puts pressure on McConnell

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Sens. Patrick Leahy and Mike Lee are calling on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring up an NSA reform bill this month now that a court has ruled the program is illegal.

“The dragnet collection of Americans’ phone records is unnecessary and ineffective, and now a federal appellate court has found that the program is illegal,” Leahy and Lee said in a statement. “Congress should not reauthorize a bulk collection program that the court has found to violate the law. We will not consent to any extension of this program.”

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