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"According to the Guardian, a loophole in National Security Agency (NSA) rules in the US allows for the spy agency to carry out searches for US citizens' email and phone call details without the need for a warrant.\r\n\r\nThe NSA, whose surveillance activities (along with the UK and Germany) came to light following disclosures of classified material by former NSA agent Edward Snowden earlier in the year, can reportedly carry out\u00A0&amp;quot;warrantless searches for the phone calls or emails of law-abiding Americans&amp;quot;, according to comments from\u00A0Senator Ron Wyden included in the report.\r\n\r\nWhile the surveillance of foreign nationals looks to have been widespread, authorities were thought to have been unable to try and trace US individuals without a corresponding warrant under \u00A0Section 702 of the of the Fisa\u00A0Amendments Act (FAA). These disclosures would seem to challenge that belief.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Guardian\r\n\r\nFeatured Image Credit - Getty Images\r\n\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&amp;amp;nbsp;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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