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Even the Former Director of the NSA Hates the FBI’s New Surveillance Push

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The FBI director says he needs the power and technology to unlock the talks that terror suspects are having online. Veteran intelligence officials aren’t buying it.

Noah Shachtman
Noah Shachtman
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