US lower house passes NSA surveillance bill

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US lower house passes NSA surveillance bill
The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance programme, overridng objections from privacy advocates. Congress passed the legislation with 256 votes for and 164 against, split along party lines. It is the ...

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