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House approves effort to limit NSA searches of US data

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to limit the National Security Agency's ability to search U.S. records, after a similar provision was stripped out of a bill intended to rein in the agency.

Written by Grant Gross • 20 June 14 13:17
Lawmakers push US attorney general for NSA surveillance changes

Several U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the nation's attorney general to curtail the National Security Agency's collection of overseas electronic communications, saying President Barack Obama's promise to revamp a surveillance program focused on U.S. telephone records didn't go far enough.

Written by Grant Gross • 09 April 14 04:15

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