Media Silent as Fed Committee Quietly Passes Act Allowing Warrantless Searches

Demokratie mit ein bisschen Faschismus?

Tom's hardware has a much better written article on the subject.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/usa-freedom-act-spying-americans,35623.html

Also, here's a copy of the bill in question.
https://www.leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/USALibertyActText.pdf

From the looks of it, the criticism isn't so much that the bill itself is allowing for warrant-less search so much as it's not doing enough to stop the already ongoing problems to that regard.