A Whimpering Ending for the NSA’s Illegal Dragnet Spying Program
The National Security Agency ’s controversial bulk phone datum assembling program is winding down with a weird whine following an especially bilious round of legislative squabbling . The NSA began the multi - solar day mental process to shut down its dragnet headphone collection after Congress did n’t reauthorize provisions of the Patriot Act , which wasused as legal justificationfor the mass surveillance program . “ That process has begun , ” an governing body functionary tell the Los Angeles Timeson Saturday ....