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Review: NSA Data Sweep Illegal

THAT’S AWKWARD

On several fronts.

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The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, which was tasked with reviewing the NSA’s surveillance program, has declared the program illegal. "The ... bulk telephone records program lacks a viable legal foundation," the report said, and that it threatens civil liberties and has "only limited value."

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