House of Representatives Cuts Funding to Key NSA Spying Programs
The House cut funding to two core NSA spying programs including one that gives the agency back door access to hardware and software tools.
NSA headquarters building in Fort Meade
The House of Representatives cut off all funding to two major NSA spying programs last Thursday.
The first program involved searches of collected surveillance data targeting Americans via the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and the second made requests that hardware and software makers build backdoors into their tools to give the agency access to user data and communications.
Electronic Frontier Foundation activist Parker Higgins told Wired the House vote sends “an unambiguous statement that there’s political will to do something about the issue of unchecked NSA spying.”
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