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US Congress to cut finance for NSA 'backdoor snooping'

Charlee Gothard

Charlee Gothard

20 June 2014 • 1 min read

Representatives assert themselves to bar government agencies from demanding 'back door' access to IT platforms

The US House of Representatives has pushed through a financial amendment preventing the National Security Agency (NSA) from using government funds "to conduct warrantless searches for the communica...

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