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NSA’s Deputy Director Skeptical About Plan to Give FBI, DEA Access to Surveillance Data

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The NSA’s deputy director has expressed skepticism about giving the FBI, DEA and other law enforcement access to the agency’s troves of data, the Guardian reports. NSA’s top civilian, John C. Inglis, said he was unaware of a Senate bill that would allow some law enforcement to search directly through the NSA’s…

National Border Patrol Council: ‘Political Goals Took Precedence Over Actual Reforms’

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The union representing Border Patrol agents expressed “serious concerns” about the new Senate bill because of its handling of security along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Washington Times reports. The National Border Patrol Council is most concerned with the inundation of 20,000 additional agents to protect the border – a major component of…