"Spying broader than admissions"

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051224/ap_on_go_pr_wh/domestic_spying_57;_ylt=AjcUybnDQWEaAIshiXuiXeHB4FkB;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


and the scoop over at raw story on the phone companies

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/24spy.html?ex=1293080400&en=014edb4eb79bdf63&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

"What has not been publicly acknowledged is that N.S.A. technicians, besides actually eavesdropping on specific conversations, have combed through large volumes of phone and Internet traffic in search of patterns that might point to terrorism suspects. Some officials describe the program as a large data-mining operation."