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N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S.:

The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans' e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials. Ref. Source 7

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The NSA Intends To Fire 90% Of Their System Administrators To Eliminate Future Leaks:

The National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent of its system administrators to reduce the number of people with access to secret information. Ref. Source 4

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NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds:

Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order. Ref. Source 1

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House panel withheld document on NSA surveillance program from members:

A letter drafted by the Obama administration specifically to inform Congress of the government's mass collection of Americans' telephone communications data was withheld from lawmakers by leaders of the House Intelligence Committee in the months before a key vote affecting the future of the program. Ref. Source 9

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NSA collected as many as 56,000 Internet communications by Americans with no collection to terrorism. Ref. USAToday

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US drug agency partners with AT&T for access to 'vast database' of call records:

Hemisphere project, revealed by NYT, has AT&T employees sit alongside drug units to aid access to data in exchange for payment Ref. Source 8

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NSA spied on Google

The US government tapped into computer networks of companies including Google Inc. And Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro Specific Action:, according to leaked US documents aired by Globo, Brazil's biggest television network. Ref. Source 7

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US court defends collecting phone data

The surveillance court that oversees the US government's massive collection of telephone data has given its fullest defence to date of why it considers the program lawful, despite the uproar after its existence was made public in June. Ref. Source 2