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Re:Obama to Call for End to N.S.A.’s Bulk Data Collection by aurumpotest on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @05:01AM (#7464676)
> PRISM: Auth'd under §702, allows NSA to request data from tech companies about anyone who might be "reasonably believed" to be outside the US.

What exactly does that mean? Is it literally just anybody they "believe" to be physically outside the US? Or non-US citizens?

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Re:Obama to Call for End to N.S.A.’s Bulk Data Collection by nl on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @06:35AM (#7464960)
I believe this is likely to use the NSA's definition of a "US Person"

According to the National Security Agency web site, Federal law and executive order define a United States person as any of the following:

a citizen of the United States

an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence

an unincorporated association with a substantial number of members who are citizens of the U.S. or are aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence

a corporation that is incorporated in the U.S.[1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_person

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