Cracks Widen In The Armor Of The Surveillance State

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1. Congress is so clueless they have to issue a request to ascertain the full scope of the NSAs actions

The measure would require the agency to report the number of phone records it’s gathered and to make public the details of any other bulk data-collection programs it operates, including when they began, how much they cost and what types of records are being collected, and to list any terrorist plots that the programs have thwarted.

The added reporting requirements would do nothing to rein in the agency’s ability to collect the data, which may be one reason the bill soared through the Appropriations Committee. Durbin’s office was optimistic that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will support the added transparency measures, but most senators had left Washington on Friday to begin their vacation and were unavailable for comment.


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