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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