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It’s NSA 1, Rand Paul 0 as the Senate Passes Patriot Act Reform
Game Over
The first major overhaul of American surveillance powers in a generation has spies cheering—and the Senate’s most famous libertarian settling for moral victories.
Shane Harris
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Jun. 2 2015
6:30PM EDT
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