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NSA Spies On Americans Outside The Law

..last July despite opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy advocates. It effectively legalized the secret warrantless surveillance program President Bush approved in late 2001, but it also gave the government new spy more

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FCC Denies Request To Investigate NSA Wiretapping Program

.. violates federal telecom and consumer protection and privacy laws. On Oct. 2, lawmakers on the House Commerce Committee - including Markey - launched their own investigation into the issue. As part of that investigation, lawmakers sent letters to more

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Phone Cos Can Easily Break Out Call Data From Content

..violation of privacy, it doesn't necessarily make it legal. "Call detail records are specifically protected in Section 222 of the Telecommunications Act," said Jonathan Marashlian, a partner at Helein Law Group PC, a telecom law firm based in McLean, more

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