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US House Passes Bill Ending National Security Agency Bulk Data Collection
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to end the NSA's dragnet collection of telephone data from millions of Americans, a controversial program revealed in 2013 by former security contractor Edward Snowden.
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John Boehner Says Capitol Bomb Plot Shows Need for Surveillance Law
The controversial US surveillance law known as FISA led to the discovery of a plot to attack the US Capitol, House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday, hinting that lawmakers may know more about how the FBI discovered the plan than court documents have revealed.
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo release details of US government data requests
The government said last month it would relax rules restricting what details companies can disclose about FISA court orders.
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US intelligence chiefs open to new surveillance controls
US lawmakers and intelligence chiefs, facing an outcry over the government's collection of personal communications data, said they were open to measures tightening oversight of the government's sweeping electronic eavesdropping programs.
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Microsoft wants to disclose US government data queries
Microsoft has joined Google in a legal push for permission to disclose more information about secret government requests for data.
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NSA secret data gathering 'transparent', says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama has defended top secret US spying programs and called them transparent even though they are authorised in secret.
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US House Passes Bill Ending National Security Agency Bulk Data Collection
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to end the NSA's dragnet collection of telephone data from millions of Americans, a controversial program revealed in 2013 by former security contractor Edward Snowden.
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John Boehner Says Capitol Bomb Plot Shows Need for Surveillance Law
The controversial US surveillance law known as FISA led to the discovery of a plot to attack the US Capitol, House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday, hinting that lawmakers may know more about how the FBI discovered the plan than court documents have revealed.
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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo release details of US government data requests
The government said last month it would relax rules restricting what details companies can disclose about FISA court orders.
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US intelligence chiefs open to new surveillance controls
US lawmakers and intelligence chiefs, facing an outcry over the government's collection of personal communications data, said they were open to measures tightening oversight of the government's sweeping electronic eavesdropping programs.
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Microsoft wants to disclose US government data queries
Microsoft has joined Google in a legal push for permission to disclose more information about secret government requests for data.
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NSA secret data gathering 'transparent', says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama has defended top secret US spying programs and called them transparent even though they are authorised in secret.
