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Topic: USA Freedom Act

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is flanked by national security adviser John Bolton, right during a press conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, July 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Law is pushing to monitor phone records

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Edward Snowden (Getty Images)

Privacy, the forgotten issue

Thor Benson
Trey Gowdy, Marco Rubio (AP/Susan Walsh/Molly Riley)

Awkward Gowdy-Rubio alliance

Simon Maloy
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Secrets, lies & govt spies

Marcy Wheeler
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Marcy Wheeler
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Orwellian spying new "reforms"

Marcy Wheeler
Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Reuters/John Sommers II)

GOP scuttles NSA reform

Luke Brinker
Attorney General Eric Holder (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

A massive tech bait-and-switch

Marcy Wheeler
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James Clapper and CIA Director John Brennan at the Senate Intelligence Committee, Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 29, 2014 (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Patriot Act's absurd new spawn

Marcy Wheeler
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Natasha Lennard
Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Natasha Lennard
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