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Post by bot on May 31, 2015 16:07:29 GMT -5
Obama urges Senate to renew NSA surveillance powers
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama on Friday urged the Senate to pass compromise legislation that renews the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance powers now set to expire on Sunday at midnight. The House of Representatives has already passed a bill that includes new language curbing the NSA's ability to collect the telephone records of millions of Americans. Senate Republican leaders oppose these limitations. "The only thing that is standing in the way is a handful of senators who are resisting these reforms," Obama said, warning that he did not want to see the NSA go "dark" and fail to detect a terrorist plot. The Senate is set to meet in rare Sunday session to try to end the stalemate.
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