US government collected US email records in bulk - all approved by secret FISA court

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Latest disclosures from whistleblower Edward Snowden show NSA tapping Americans' internet usage data

A secret programme to collected email and internet usage was launched by ex-President Bush and continued up until 2011, according to the latest documents to be leaked by former National Security Ag...

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