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law EFF to NSA: you scammed your way to another six years of warrantless spying, and you'd better enjoy it while it lasts Cory Doctorow

surveillance Congressional Democrats have so little faith in Trump's leadership that they've awarded him the power to conduct limitless, warrantless mass surveillance of Americans Cory Doctorow

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patriot act US re-authorizes Presidential National Emergency Powers over terrorist attacks Thom Dunn

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