Hours before the law was set to expire, U.S. officials were already scrambling after two major U.S. communication providers ^(which?) said they would stop complying with orders through the surveillance program

Go ahead, keep telling me how I'm wasting my money on a foreign-based VPN.

“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he voted against the reauthorization `because it failed to include the most important requirement to protect Americans' civil rights: that law enforcement get a warrant before targeting a US citizen.’”

Never thought I’d see the day that I actually agreed with Senator Cruz.