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New Snowden Leak Reveals That the NSA Can Access Email, Chats & Browsing History Without Authorization
- The Guardian, Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:34 AM
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has released new top secret documents revealing a National Security Agency program that lets analysts search through databases of emails, online chats and Internet browsing history without requiring authorization. The NSA program, which is called XKeyscore, claims to be the "widest-reaching" system for developing intelligence online. The latest document release comes as senior intelligence officials are expected to testify at the Senate judiciary committee today.
