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Re:The Guardian walks back claims of direct NSA access to se... by tptacek on Thursday June 13, 2013 @11:42PM (#5878142)
When the FAA was first enacted, defenders of the statute argued that a significant check on abuse would be the NSA's inability to obtain electronic communications without the consent of the telecom and internet companies that control the data. But the Prism program renders that consent unnecessary, as it allows the agency to directly and unilaterally seize the communications off the companies' servers.
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