It comes as the US intelligence community report revealed that the National Security Agency has tripled the surveillance of Americans’ phone calls and text messages, collecting over 534 million records last year. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report also noted a slight increase in the surveillance of non-US citizens, from 106,469 to 129,080 individuals. The latter also does not demand judicial authorization.
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