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Republican-led Senate blocks a House bill that would have ended the bulk collection of domestic phone records.
From: Inside Story
US debates private and state internet surveillance
The US continues to debate how much personal data the NSA can collect not just on US citizens, but people abroad too.
24 May 2015
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