NSA's Bulk Collection Of Americans' Phone Data Is Illegal, Appeals Court Rules
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A three-judge panel said Congress did not intend to give the National Security Agency the authority to collect metadata about Americans phone records in bulk when lawmakers wrote the Patriot Act.
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