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U.S. Senators: How to End the NSA Dragnet (Op-Ed)

Reforms would erect safeguards against the further erosion of our right to privacy, and ensure greater transparency and openness.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - One year ago this month, Americans learned that their government was engaged in secret dragnet surveillance, which contradicted years of assurances to the contrary from senior government officials and intelligence leaders.

On this anniversary, it is more important than ever to let Congress and the administration know that Americans will reject half-measures that could still allow the government to collect millions of Americans' records without any individual suspicion or evidence of wrongdoing.