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          1. NSA got 151 million US call records in 2016 w/ USA Freedom Act system --replaced Patriot Act bulk call logs program nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/nsa-phone-records.html
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          FBI did only 1 successful backdoor search in NSA warrantless serveillance for Americans' info in a criminal case; but nat-sec case # unknown
      1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
        NSA agreed to unmask Americans' identities in 1,934 intel reports last year, plus did it on its own in 1,200 reports nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/nsa-phone-records.html
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      # of targets for NSA warrantless surveillance continues to rise -- topped 106,000 in 2016, up from 94,000 in 2015 nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/nsa-phone-records.html
  1. …in reply to @charlie_savage
    Sharp drop in government's use of FISA pen register orders & National Security Letter subscriber info requests in 2016--no explanation why