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U.S. court renews surveillance program exposed by Snowden
U.S. court renews surveillance program exposed by Snowden
By Deborah Charles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Friday a secret court that oversees intelligence activities granted its request to continue a telephone surveillance program - one of the two data collection efforts leaked by former security contractor Edward Snowden.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, said its authority to maintain the program expired on Friday and that the government sought and received a renewal from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court.
The ODNI said in a statement it was disclosing the renewal as part of an effort at greater transparency following Snowden's disclosure of the telephone data collection and email surveillance programs.
A top official said earlier on Friday that intelligence officials were working to declassify information on the programs that Snowden had already partially disclosed.
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http://news.yahoo.com/u-working-declassify-more-secret-programs-already-leaked-172210186.html
By Deborah Charles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Friday a secret court that oversees intelligence activities granted its request to continue a telephone surveillance program - one of the two data collection efforts leaked by former security contractor Edward Snowden.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, said its authority to maintain the program expired on Friday and that the government sought and received a renewal from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court.
The ODNI said in a statement it was disclosing the renewal as part of an effort at greater transparency following Snowden's disclosure of the telephone data collection and email surveillance programs.
A top official said earlier on Friday that intelligence officials were working to declassify information on the programs that Snowden had already partially disclosed.
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http://news.yahoo.com/u-working-declassify-more-secret-programs-already-leaked-172210186.html
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