House passes surveillance bill after rare bipartisan deal

>The reauthorization includes a ban on the collection of GPS and cell phone site location data under Section 215, as well as a five-year limitation for the government to retain most of the materials it collects under the authorities. And the bill requires the government to notify individuals if it plans to use information collected under Section 215 against them.

>The measure also formally ends the National Security Agency's bulk phone collection data program that was stopped last year.

Without clear "if X then Y" clauses for the case where the government does not follow its own laws then these causeless are meaningless. Without consequences the TLAs will keep violating the law.

Good to know that the only thing that can get the two parties to work together is invasive, constitution violating, spying legislation.

Hooray for bipartisanship.