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The top-secret federal court that oversees government surveillance on Friday reauthorized the National Security Agency's program that collects data on nearly every phone call in the United States.

The three-month renewal by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is the first since two conflicting court opinions last month on the legality of the program.

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This is the exact sort of thing that I just hate reading. While I'm not naive, and I understand the necessity of espionage, I firmly believe it should be focused on specific enemies. This blanket spying on any and everyone is absolutely disgusting and, IMHO, a waste of resources. There are enough real deal bad guys out there, the intelligence community should marshal their efforts against those specific folks.