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10-02-2013, 06:00 PM
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z_Tkt_KoWhcRkb4_nfHIZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-02T220742Z_3_CBRE991154B00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-USA.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/u-senate-judiciary-chief-seeks-controls-bulk-data-144801765.html)By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has tested its ability to collect Americans' cellular telephone location data but does not have a program to collect that information, the NSA's director, General Keith Alexander, said on Wednesday. Alexander told a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on the government's electronic eavesdropping that the NSA received data samples in 2010 and 2011 to test its ability to handle such information, but the data were never used for any other purposes. ...



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