Here’s what Slate wrote about Section 215 in a 2003 guide to the Patriot Act: Section 215 modifies the rules on records searches.

The third policy option is the House-passed USA FREEDOM Act—legislation that reauthorizes Section 215 and reforms it to end government bulk collection of telephone metadata by the NSA.

In September 2009, Russ Feingold, the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act when it was first proposed, released a statement expressing concern that critical information about the way it ...

Edward Snowden’s biggest leak was that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had interpreted Section 215 of the Patriot Act to authorize bulk collection of everyone’s phone records. This ...

DETROIT -- Citing improvements to the law, the American Civil Liberties Union today withdrew a three-year-old lawsuit over Section 215 of the Patriot Act, but said it is prepared to defend individuals ...

WASHINGTON — In a special Sunday session, the Senate surpassed the 60 votes necessary to end debate on the USA Freedom Act, a bill to amend the Patriot Act’s Section 215 and other surveillance ...

Last night, Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, the law authorizing the U.S. government to collect a broad variety of business records for national security investigations expired after Congress ...