Post limit reached. graphics, articles , commentary) that are original to this blog are copyrighted and signed by it's creator. 'He was peddling it around like a commercial merchant. US officials insisted that the four - Basaaly Saeed Moalin, Ahmed Nasir Taalil Mohamud, Mohamed Mohamud, and Issa Doreh - were convicted in 2013 thanks to the NSA's telephone record spying, but the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that those claims were 'inconsistent with the contents of the classified record'. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. The story traces Snowden's evolution from childhood, from growing up in the 1980s in North Carolina and suburban Washington, where his mother worked as a clerk at the NSA and his father served in the Coast Guard. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Mark Warner (D-VA), who are respectively the chairman and vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, have proposed legislation that would formally end Section 215 and give the other two provisions of the act an eight-year extension.
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US results: How will this endless election end? These days he remains outside the reach of a US Justice Department that brought Espionage Act charges just weeks after the disclosures. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit, to those who have expressed a prior interest in participating in this community for educational purposes. Though the NSA itself abandoned the program in 2019, lawmakers such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) do not appear to be on board with doing away with Section 215 and believe the program should remain active in case the government desired to restart it. Left-wing Dems blame Nancy Pelosi's refrigerator filled with $12-a-pint ice cream in her multi-million... Jeffrey Toobin is fired from the New Yorker weeks after being caught masturbating on a work Zoom call. Nevertheless, watchdog groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, which helped bring the case to appeal, welcomed the judges' verdict on the NSA's spy program. All Rights Reserved. “I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA’s activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them,” Mr Snowden said. If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@sputniknews.com. Can Hong Kong's democracy fight survive the walkout? Who rules the roost in No10 now? Melania Trump Raises Eyebrows as She Walks Behind Donald Arm-and-Arm With Soldier on Veterans' Day, Neither GOP Nor Dems Will Support New Iran Nuclear Deal Without Changes, Senior US Diplomat Says, Joe Biden Reportedly Planning to Overturn Trump Immigration Policies on Deportations, Asylum, Chinese Media Slams ‘Big Anti-China Loser’ Pompeo, Says His Days as Secretary of State ‘Nearly Over’, Massive Heist!