U.S. intelligence officials disclosed late Friday that the Obama administration has received approval from a special federal court to continue the National Security Agency’s collection of telephone metadata for another three months.
Both the administration’s request and the court’s permission had been expected.
In Senate is considering a bill, passed by the House in May, that would stop the NSA from collecting the data. Under the legislation, the phone companies would retain the data, and the NSA would face new legal requirements to gain access to it.
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