Senator Presses NSA Director on Warrantless Searches

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Senator Presses NSA Director on Warrantless Searches

By JM Rieger

Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hammered National Security Agency Director James R. Clapper Jr. on Wednesday, calling for the NSA to provide an unclassified response as to whether it conducted warrantless searches of private communications.

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