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The secret things you give away through your phone metadata

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Obama unveils new limits on U.S. spying while defending surveillance operations

President Obama called for several changes to U.S. spying practices including ending the NSA's storage of bulk phone metadata. Kwame Holman reports on the president's reforms and Hari Sreenivasan gets reaction from Kate Martin of the Center for National Security…

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NSA surveillance doesn’t stop terrorism, report claims

A new report published by the New America Foundation claims that NSA surveillance may not be as useful combating terrorism as the government suggests.

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Judge rules NSA’s bulk collection of phone records is likely unconstitutional

Judge rules NSA's bulk collection of phone records is likely unconstitutional…

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Documents leaked claim the NSA tapped into Google and Yahoo fiber-optic cables.

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NSA Collects ‘Word for Word’ Every Domestic Communication, Says Former Analyst

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NSA Collects ‘Word for Word’ Every Domestic Communication, Says Former Analyst

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Obama Defends NSA’s Surveillance of Phone, Web and Credit Card Use

President Barack Obama defended the NSA's secret mining of Americans' phone calls, web use and credit card transactions, saying intelligence officials use the information to find leads and prevent terrorism. The president reiterated the government is not listening in on…

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