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USA Freedom Act - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "at first the US Senate - had rejected - the USA Freedom Act !"

 

 

 

 

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• "some Republicans - had blocked the USA Freedom Act !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a bill introduced - after Edward Snowden’s disclosures !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to rein in the National Security Agency - NSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

• "to end the NSA’s daily collection - of US phone data !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "some Republicans voted against - that would had cut off debate - and move to passage !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill to restrict NSA Data Collection - the New York Times: LINK ¤ the NEW YORK TIMES

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• "some Senate Republicans - had blocked an overhaul - of the NSA program !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the vote had been - 58 to 42 - for consideration !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the House passed a version - of the USA Freedom Act !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "a bill to restrict - NSA data collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but it had been watered down before passage - and lost the support of civil liberties groups !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "under the bill - which grew out of the disclosures - by Edward J. Snowden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the NSA - would not have collected - Americans’ phone records !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "instead the records would have stayed - in the hands of the phone companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "which would not have been required to hold them any longer - than they already do for normal business purposes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the deadline for new legislation - is when the legal basis !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "for the phone records program - a provision of the "Patriot Act" - expires !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yahoo forced to release Data - Washington Post: LINK ¤ WASHINGTON POST

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• "federal officials of the US - threatened massive fine !"

 

 

 

 

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• "of US$ 250,000 a day - to force Yahoo - to release Data !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "if it failed to comply - with a broad demand to hand over - user communications !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "according to court documents unsealed - that illuminated federal officials of the US !"

 

 

 

 

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• "forced US tech companies - participated in the NSA’s controversial - Prism program !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents outlined a secret legal battle - by Yahoo - to resist that demands !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Yahoo became one of the first - provided information to Prism !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "records of online communications - by users of US-based technology firms !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the ruling had been by the - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the tech companies - Google - Facebook - Apple - and AOL - had complied !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Microsoft had been earlier - before the ruling !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the order for data from Yahoo - had been after the Protect America Act had passed !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the order went beyond - "metadata"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "included the full - e-mails !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "after Yahoo had lost an initial round - before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court !"

 

 

 

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• "faced with the fine - Yahoo had complied with the legal order !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

senior NSA Official - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "the former director of the NSA - Keith Alexander !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had enlisted NSA’s - chief technology officer !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "for his cybersecurity business venture - a private cybersecurity firm !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in a questionable arrangement - Keith Alexander had before made assurances !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that he would not profit - from his connections - to the agency !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Patrick Dowd wanted to work - as a senior NSA official !"

 

 

 

 

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• "while also worked part time - for Alexander’s - "IronNet Cybersecurity"  !"