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News about U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

• ACLU asks court to immediately kill NSA phone snooping

  A court that already found the program illegal should shut it down, instead of allowing it to be phased out, the ACLU says

• Surveillance court extends NSA's phone records collection

  The program was extended for five months as it winds down

• US wants to collect bulk call records for six more months

  The Department of Justice has filed for permission to the FISA court

• Don't expect major changes to NSA surveillance from Congress

  After passing the USA Freedom Act, many in Congress may be unwilling to extend surveillance reform

• NSA said to increase monitoring of US 'Net traffic to catch hackers

  The program reportedly oeprates without court-ordered warrants to target cyberattacks within the U.S.

• US Senate passes bill to rein in NSA phone dragnet

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

Features about U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate