According to documents revealed by Edward Snowden, in 2012 President Obama authorized a sweeping new NSA program to intercept emails and other digital information. Directed against foreign hackers, the program sweeps up a lot of Americans' information. Whenever the NSA finds information about potential lawbreaking among Americans, they turn it over to the FBI. There is no legal basis for this program.
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