美國祕密監控項目去留決戰

The U.S. is headed to a Sunday showdown over its clandestine national security surveillance programs, with a key Senate critic saying he will force the expiration of the law that authorizes monitoring of domestic calls made by suspected terrorists.

Senator Rand Paul, a 2016 Republican presidential hopeful, says he will use legislative rules allowing him to block efforts to expedite debate on extending the U.S. law that expires at midnight Sunday, Washington time, or approve reforms that have already cleared the House of Representatives.

U.S. President Barack Obama is strongly urging the Senate to approve the House-passed USA Freedom Act that would end bulk collection of Americans’ phone records, but let the NSA search the records held by phone companies on a case-by-case basis - a reform he said is only being blocked by "a handful of senators."星期天，美國將迎來有關國家安全祕密監控項目去留問題的政治決戰。對這個項目持批評態度的一名重量級參議員說，他將力促這項授權監聽恐怖嫌疑分子電話的法律過期。

有望成爲共和黨2016年總統大選候選人的參議員蘭德·保羅星期六說，當參議院罕見地提前一天結束休會，在星期天開會的時候，他將使用所允許的立法規則來阻礙參議院加快進行有關延長現行法律的討論，或批准已在衆議院通過的改革議案。美國有關國家安全監控現行法律即將在星期天午夜過期。

美國總統奧巴馬強烈敦促參議院批准已在衆議院通過的《美國自由法案》。這項法案如果最終獲得通過，將結束大量蒐集美國民衆電話記錄的活動，但允許美國國家安全局根據具體情況查詢電信公司擁有的記錄。奧巴馬說，只有一小羣參議員阻撓法案的通過。