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Stewart Baker, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson

\"A resounding victory for Edward Snowden.\" That\'s how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described the passage of the USA Freedom Act late yesterday. The...

Federal News Network Staff

June 3, 2015 9:59 am

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“A resounding victory for Edward Snowden.” That’s how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described the passage of the USA Freedom Act late yesterday. The legislation, signed by President Barack Obama, will phase out the NSA’s bulk phone records collection program over the next six months. Instead, phone records will stay at the phone companies and the government will need a warrant to access them. Stewart Baker is a partner at the law firm Steptoe and Johnson. He was the first assistant secretary for policy at Homeland Security and earlier spent two years as the NSA’s general counsel. He also publishes a podcast on cyber law policy. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to talk about what’s next for the NSA.