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New documents provided by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to The New York Times and ProPublica show the Obama administration secretly expanded the NSA’s surveillance in 2012. The Justice Department, without warrant, authorized scouring Internet cables for “data linked to computer intrusions originating abroad.”
From the story:
“About that time, the documents show, the NSA — whose mission includes protecting military and intelligence networks against intruders — proposed using the warrantless surveillance program for cybersecurity purposes. The agency received ‘guidance on targeting using the signatures’ from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, according to an internal newsletter.”
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