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Reports: NSA gets under 30 percent of phone data

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, center, gestures as she and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, right, walk through the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Top Western diplomats headed to Kiev Tuesday to try to defuse a standoff between President Viktor Yanukovych's government and thousands of demonstrators, following a night in which police in riot gear dismantled protesters' encampments outside government buildings. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

State Dept. caught on tape saying ‘F*** the E.U.’; Russian bugging suspected

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

** FILE ** Angry over revelations of National Security Agency surveillance and frustrated with what they consider outdated digital privacy laws, state lawmakers around the nation are proposing bills to curtail the powers of law enforcement to monitor and track citizens. Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Marquis poses for a photo in Salem Ore., in this Oct. 24, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

States look to rein in government surveillance

By Nigel Duara - Associated Press

US official: Snowden leaks lead to Pentagon change

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KESSLER: FBI break-in undercuts NSA critics

By Ronald Kessler

Brazilian nominates Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize

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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, irght, address the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Firday, Jan. 31, 2014. (Associated Press)

Kerry seeks to calm German anger at NSA reports

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Spy agency tracked Canadians at an airport

By CHARMAINE NORONHA - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2014, photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the U.S. Clapper, said this week that the loss of state secrets as a result of leaks by former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden was the worst in American history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FACT CHECK: NSA leaks worst intelligence breach?

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Oct. 5, 2011, photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows Vice Adm. Michael Rogers. (AP Photo.U.S. Navy)

Navy admiral is Obama’s pick to take reins of NSA

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This Oct. 5, 2011, photo, provided by the U.S. Navy, shows Vice Adm. Michael Rogers. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is announcing that Rogers, the head of the Navy's Cyber Command, has been chosen to be the next chief of the troubled National Security Agency. Rogers, also a former intelligence director for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is being nominated to replace Army Gen. Keith Alexander. (AP Photo.U.S. Navy)

Obama will nominate Navy Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers to head NSA

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Cameron: UK public has shrugged off NSA leaks

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, arrives for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Rubio: Loss of trust in Obama stalled immigration

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Terror suspect challenges NSA surveillance program

By DONNA BRYSON - Associated Press

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the US. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Clapper calls on Snowden to return NSA documents

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

MEDINE: Pulling the plug on the NSA’s metadata collection

By David Medine and Patricia Wald

** FILE ** In this Jan. 23, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US looks at ways to prevent spying on NSA spying

By STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Report: Spies use smartphone apps to track people

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

**FILE** President Obama turns to leave the stage Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington after he spoke about National Security Agency surveillance. (Associated Press)

Obama allows Google, other firms to release NSA data requests

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Navy admiral apparent choice to take reins of NSA

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press