Tuesday, June 18, 2013

News Alert: NSA chief: 50 'terrorist events' disrupted by surveillance programs

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NSA chief: 50 'terrorist events' disrupted by surveillance programs
The Washington Post Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:42:28 AM

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NSA chief: 50 'terrorist events' disrupted by surveillance programs

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Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, said 50 'terrorist events' were thwarted with help from sweeping surveillance programs that monitor phone calls and Internet data. In testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, officials made public two new cases they say the programs disrupted: a nascent plot to blow up the New York Stock Exchange and a case involving an individual providing financial support to an overseas terrorist group.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/06/18/nsa-head-surveillance-helped-thwart-more-than-50-terror-attempts/







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