2020-12-04
New York Times
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In a letter to Sen. Wyden, ODNI says FBI used Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect website visitor logs without a warrant, but not keywords from searches
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2020-02-27
New York Times
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2015-07-28
Newsweek
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NSA says it will stop accessing historical metadata collected under Section 215 of the Patriot Act on Nov. 29
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2015-06-01
Guardian
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2015-05-13
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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EFF pulls support for USA Freedom Act after court ruling that the Patriot Act's Section 215 does not authorize mass collection of telephone metadata
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