NYTimes: N.S.A. Halts Collection of Americans\u2019 Emails About Foreign Targets by Charlie Savage:
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WASHINGTON \u2014 The National Security Agency said Friday that it had halted one of the most disputed practices of its warrantless surveillance program, ending a once-secret form of wiretapping that dates to the Bush administration\u2019s post-Sept. 11 expansion of national security powers.<\/p>\n
The agency is no longer collecting Americans\u2019 emails and texts exchanged with people overseas that simply mention identifying terms \u2014 like email addresses \u2014 for foreigners whom the agency is spying on, but are neither to nor from those targets.<\/p>\n
The decision is a major development in American surveillance policy. Privacy advocates have argued that the practice skirted or overstepped the Fourth Amendment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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