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New Snowden Docs Show NSA Widened Its Spying on Hackers
After weeks of political wrangling, the USA Freedom Act was enacted to limit domestic spying by the National Security Agency. Now it turns out that the Obama Administration has expanded the NSA's surveillance of Americans' international Internet traffic — without public notice or any debate.
By Warren Olney • • 6m ListenAfter weeks of political wrangling, the USA Freedom Act was enacted to limit domestic spying by the National Security Agency. Now it turns out that the Obama Administration has expanded the NSA's surveillance of Americans' international Internet traffic — without public notice or any debate. Julia Angwin is the author of Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security, and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance. She's also a senior reporter for ProPublica, which worked on this story in collaboration with the New York Times.
