a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1174:"<span style="font-size: larger;">An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency&rsquo;s program to collect bulk phone call records has provided only &ldquo;minimal&rdquo; benefits in counter-terrorism efforts and is illegal and should be shut down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">As usual Obama will continue to ignore any challenges to what he terms are essential to all of his causes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">As controversy continues related to numerous scandals linked to the president we can only hope that a special commission or prosecutor will called to look into these various allegations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For an article on the federal panels findings related to the illegal data collection click on the following link:</span><br />
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