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Leaks Detail Court Orders Behind Expansion of NSA’s Reach

HeadlineMar 13, 2014

More leaks from Snowden have identified key court orders that loosened restrictions on the collection of Americans’ private information. Most pivotal is the July 2002 “Raw Take” order, which granted intelligence agencies the authority to share private information with others without having to delete details irrelevant to investigations.

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