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Already under intense pressure for its aggressive prosecution of leakers and targeting of journalists, the white house is again on defense, after a report in the uk s guardian newspaper revealed the country s national security agency has been secretly collecting the phone records of tens of millions of americans. the government was able to do is so using a top-secret court order issued last month that gave the nsa access to verizon phone records. according to the guardian, it is not known whether verizon is the only cell phone provider to be targeted with such an order. although previous reporting has suggested the nsa has collected cell records from all major mobile networks. civil liberties groups have responded to the news with outrage. the aclu called the program beyond orwellian. while the center for technology said it was an abuse of the patriot act on a massive scale. responding today, a senior white ....

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