WASHINGTON, D.C. — Unable to end a struggle over how to deal with government surveillance programs, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell scheduled a last-minute session to consider retaining the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records. McConnell, R-Ky., warned against allowing the controversial NSA program and other key surveillance activities under the USA Patriot Act to expire at midnight May 31.
After Break, Senate To Reconsider Patriot Act Extension
KEN DILANIAN | AP Intelligence Writer, Savannah Morning News
Sat, 05/23/2015 - 4:43am
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