Also see:
‘Defund NSA’ amendment will get a vote
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3046644/posts
Amash’s amendment would defund the NSA if the agency collected data and records from individuals who were not under official investigation. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court would be required to provide a statement confirming that the data being collected by the NSA is from a person under investigation.
With this government, we are all under suspicion/investigation so they will get their blanquet authority anyway regardless of how finite they craft the law. “bring in the usual band of suspects” will be the new logo for the NSA building.