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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
Shane Harris
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