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– Obama expands surveillance powers on his way out (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 13, 2017

With mere days left before President-elect Donald Trump takes the White House, President Barack Obama’s administration just finalized rules to make it easier for the nation’s intelligence agencies to share unfiltered information about innocent people.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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