DESPITE OBAMA'S PLEDGE TO CURB IT, NSA MASS SURVEILLANCE WINS RUBBER STAMP (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, September 13, 2014, 20:53

Mass surveillance just earned another 90-day blank check, nine months after President Obama promised to rein in the NSA’s spying powers

In the face of congressional inaction, a federal court on Friday renewed an order allowing the government to collect phone records on virtually all calls within the United States.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved the Justice Department’s request for another 90-day extension of the National Security Agency’s controversial mass surveillance program, exposed publicly last summer by Edward Snowden and authorized under Section 215 of the post-9/11 Patriot Act. The spying authority is next set to expire on Dec. 5.

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