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To: JohnM who wrote (225533)	6/6/2013 1:05:04 PM
From: No Mo Mo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

Chambliss and Feinstein defending this as 'routine.' A model of bipartisanship. tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com Who buys lines like this? “It has proved meritorious because we have gathered significant information on bad guys, but only on bad guys, over the years,” Chambliss said.

To: JohnM who wrote (225533)

6/6/2013 1:15:50 PM

From: Dale Baker

Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 541851

I would have been very surprised to find out that this wasn't happening since 9/11. Pretty much anything sent on a public commercial network now is no longer private or secret to any real degree.

NSA program helped stop terrorist attack, congressman says

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) says that the National Security Agency program tracking Verizon telephone records helped thwart a "significant domestic terrorist attack" in the United States "within the last few years."

Rogers declined to share more information on the nature of the attack, saying the committee was working to declassify information on the plot so that more information may be shared publicly.