Sen. Feinstein unveils her own bill to reform the NSA’s spying practices [1]

U.S. Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) speaks with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (2nd L), National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander and Deputy Attorney General James Cole (R) before they testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)

The movement to change the rules governing the National Security Agency's surveillance activity is picking up steam.

Wednesday, a handful of lawmakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) unveiled a bill that would end the collection of American metadata en masse and make it easier to sue the government [2] for civil liberties violations, among other provisions.