WASHINGTON Nike Air Max 1 Just Do It Orange Australia , May 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Saturday rejected a bill that would curb the country's National Security Agency (NSA)'s bulk collection of telephone data, leaving it uncertain the fate of the once-secret program ahead of its expiration at the end of the month.


The bill, USA Freedom Act, which would have ended the NSA's bulk collection but preserved its ability to search the records held by phone companies on a case-by-case basis, fell three votes short of the 60 votes needed for passage in the Senate.


The bill nike air max 90 australia , backed by President Barack Obama, the nation's top law enforcement and intelligence officials, was passed overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives early this month.


After Senate's rejection of the bill in the wee hours of Saturday, another attempt to extend the expiring provision of Patriot Act, which authorizes the NSA's spying program nike air max 97 mens australia , was also blocked in the Senate.


The disarray in Congress appeared to significantly increase the chances that the government will lose systematic access to newly created calling records by Americans, at least temporarily, after June 1.


The Senate will reconvene on May 31 to try again. But any extension is far from certain to get approval from the House, which is in recess until June 1, with at least one member threatening to block it.


Under the House bill nike air max 97 womens australia , which passed 338 to 88, the Patriot Act would be changed to prohibit bulk collection by NSA of metadata charting telephone calls made by Americans. While the bill would take the government out of the collection business, it would not deny it access to the information.


The debate over the federal program became intense after the government's extensive surveillance efforts were exposed by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. It was complicated by a federal appeals court ruling this month that found the NSA's bulk collection of phone records illegal.


The odd collection of advocates for change underscored a changing tide in post-Sept. 11 America, where privacy concerns have become as important as national security interests for many people.


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U.S. court says NSA phone record collection illegal


WASHINGTON nike air max 97 australia , May 7 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday said a National Security Agency (NSA) program that collected the records of millions of Americans' phone calls was not authorized by Congress.


The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said in a 97-page opinion that the laws used as a basis for the bulk data collection "have never been interpreted to authorize anything approaching the breadth of the sweeping surveillance at issue here." Full story


Expiration of NSA's spying program looms as GOP infighting continues


WASHINGTON, March 18 (Xinhua) -- As the Capitol Hill is stumbling towards the imminent deadline on a reform bill on the U.S. spy agency's bulk phone metadata collection program, Republican infighting again steals the limelight.


"I want to reassure everybody that there are plenty of safeguards in this program, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky nike air vapormax womens australia , on ABC News on Sunday. "Nobody at the NSA (National Security Agency) is routinely listening to your telephone conversations."

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) holds talks with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Bogota, capital of Colombia, May 21, 2015. (XinhuaZhang Duo)

China and Colombia on Thursday pledged to seek cooperation in a host of areas including production capacity, equipment manufacturing and infrastructure construction to boost economic ties.


The move came as visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with the Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at the presidential palace here.


The two leaders witnessed the signing of a series of bilateral cooperation deals in areas including trade nike air vapormax mens australia , production capacity, infrastructure construction, culture, education, science and technology nike air vapormax australia , agriculture and finance. The two governments issued a joint declaration after the talks.


The two countries also reached a consensus to launch a feasibility study on the China-Colombia bilateral free trade agreement and discuss the pact to avoid double taxation.


Li said that with the two economies being strongly complementary, China and Colombia have broad prospects of cooperation.


China stands ready to expand mutual investment and advance the industrial connection with the Colombian side, he said.


The premier said that his government will focus on developing the cooperation in production capacity and equipment manufacturing with the South American country.


Li said China supports its enterprises to actively participate in the infrastructure construction in Colombia, including highways, subways and ports.


He also stressed that China welcomes enterprises from developed countries to jointly push forward Colombia's process of industrialization.


China and Colombia should discuss models of financial cooperation to support the two countries' cooperation in production capacity and equipment manufacturing as well as infrastructure construction nike air max 270 womens australia , Li said.


Li's visit to the South American country also marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Colombia.


Li said that his country is willing to enhance political mutual trust and practical cooperation, expand people-to-people exchanges and closely coordinate and cooperate with Colombia in international and regional affairs, so as to better benefit the two peoples amid reaffirmed friendship.


"China attaches great importance to the cultural exchanges and mutual understanding with Colombia," the premier said.


"We stand ready to closely cooperate with Colombia in areas including culture, education nike air max 270 mens australia , science and technology, tourism and sports to expand non-governmental exchanges," he said.<

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