In particular, the bill would renew the following dangerously unchecked PATRIOT powers:
The government’s power under PATRIOT Section 215 to obtain secret court orders for Internet, phone and business records of people who are not suspected of terrorism or spying;
The government’s "lone wolf wiretapping" power, allowing it to get court orders authorizing secret foreign intelligence wiretaps against individuals who have no connection to any foreign power or terrorist group; and
The government’s power to obtain blank-check "roving" wiretap orders that can be used to tap any phone number, email account or other communications facility that the government believes is being used by its target.
