White House pushes Congress to quickly pass changes to NSA data collection program

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The Obama administration has called on Congress to move quickly to pass legislation that would achieve the president’s goal of ending government mass collection of Americans’ phone records.
“Having carefully considered the available options, I have decided that the best path forward is that the government should not collect or hold this data in bulk,” President Obama said in a statement Thursday, adding that “legislation will be needed.”

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