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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.
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