US government collecting telephone records of millions of Verizon customers

Charlee Gothard
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Communication records gathered on an 'ongoing, daily basis'

The US government's National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone communication records of millions of Verizon customers in the US in accordance with a top secret court order issued at...

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