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LOL !!! - Putin: NSA Surveillance Needed to Fight Terrorism - AP/Time
Putin: NSA Surveillance Needed to Fight TerrorismBy AP / Nataliya Vasilyeva and Vladimir Isachenkov - AP/Time
Dec. 19, 2013
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(MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the National Security Agency surveillance is necessary to fight terrorism, but added that the government needs to “limit the appetite” of the agency with a clear set of ground rules.
Putin’s comment at a major news conference was surprising support for President Barack Obama’s administration, which has faced massive criticism over the sweeping electronic espionage program.
Putin, a 16-year KGB veteran and the former chief of Russia’s main espionage agency, said that while the NSA program “isn’t a cause for joy, it’s not a cause for repentance either” because it is needed to fight terrorism.
He argued that it’s necessary to monitor large numbers of people to expose terrorist contacts.
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Link: http://world.time.com/2013/12/19/putin-nsa-aurveillance-needed-to-fight-terrorism/
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