Coalition Letter on Massie-Lofgren Amendment to Rein in NSA in Defense Appropriations (June 2014)

We are writing in support of an amendment that Representatives Massie and Lofgren intend to offer to H.R. 4870, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, with the support of a bipartisan coalition of cosponsors. The recent and ongoing revelations about the intrusive nature and broad scope of government surveillance have badly damaged the trust users have in the security of their Internet communications. This amendment would help begin to restore that trust in two ways.