http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/29/457779757/nsa-ends-sept-11th-era-surveillance-program
A controversial government surveillance program has come to an end. As
of midnight, the United States National Security Agency has stopped the
bulk collection of the metadata from Americans' phone calls.
It's worth noting that today marks the end of one of the most
controversial parts of U.S. surveillance but other parts remain
untouched.
For example, the PRISM program, which was also
revealed by the Snowden documents and collects a vast amount of Internet
data, continues to operate. The program has not been as controversial
here in the U.S., because it does not directly target Americans, but as
we've learned through the Snowden leaks, some content from Americans'
communication gets caught in the dragnet.
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