The USA Freedom Act, passed in 2015, is significant because
A) it put new restrictions on the government's surveillance activities.
B) it made permanent the surveillance activities begun under the USA PATRIOT Act.
C) it authorized the National Security Agency to collect customer telephone call records in bulk.
D) it authorized the National Security Agency to record telephone calls of all Americans.
E) it prohibited any federal or state police agency from recording telephone calls made by members of Congress, even with a warrant.

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The USA Freedom Act put new restrictions on the government's surveillance activities, specifically ending the bulk collection of telephone metadata by the National Security Agency. It replaced certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, but did not make surveillance activities permanent. It did not authorize the recording of telephone calls of all Americans or prohibit police agencies from recording calls with a warrant.

The USA Freedom Act, Passed in 2015, Is Significant Because