US Ends Bulk Telephone Data Program

The U.S. federal government has ended its bulk collection of data from the telephone calls of millions of Americans. The move follows a controversy that erupted with disclosures about the secret program by former government contractor Edward Snowden. The U.S. National Security Agency in charge of the bulk telephone metadata program is replacing the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods, the National Security Agency (NSA) said in a statement Friday. The NSA ended...

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