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• US Dept of Justice calls for encryption balance that includes law enforcement needs

  Companies encrypting customer data should weigh the benefits to cybersecurity against needs of law enforcement, officials say

• Senate delays vote on CISA cyberthreat info sharing bill

  Lawmakers plan to take up the controversial bill after a month-long recess

• Opponents focus on defeating CISA cyberthreat info sharing bill

  CISA may be delayed after millions of faxes opposed to the bill are delivered to senators

• Surveillance court extends NSA's phone records collection

  The program was extended for five months as it winds down

• US Senate passes bill to rein in NSA phone dragnet

  Senators reject amendments to 'water down' the NSA reform bill

• Senate delays vote on NSA phone records dragnet

  Section 215 of the Patriot Act expires without a final Senate vote, although lawmakers may act this week