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This is big: The NSA is recommending the White House abandon the controversial Section 215 phone-metadata surveillance program that national security officials once defended as a critical anti-terrorism tool: wsj.com/articles/nsa-r…
This part in particular is wild.
"This thing sucks. It's a headache and isn't worth the trouble."

"Yeah, but we made Ed Snowden out to be the devil incarnate so agreeing with him now would be kind of awkward."
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An hour behind schedule, the House Judiciary hearing on Sprint/T-Mobile is finally getting underway.
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T-Mobile's CEO is headed to Congress to defend his merger with Sprint. Here's everything you need to know: washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
Couple highlights to note: First, keep an eye out for lawmakers to question John Legere on his stays at the Trump hotel in Washington. Records obtained by @washingtonpost showed T-Mobile execs booked at least 52 nights there since the Sprint deal was announced.
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