NSA Accessed Phone Records Without 'Reasonable Suspicion' For Years, Officials Say

Officials: NSA Accessed Phone Records Without 'Reasonable Suspicion'
National Security Agency seal hanging on wall. (Photo by Terry Ashe//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)
National Security Agency seal hanging on wall. (Photo by Terry Ashe//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON--The National Security Agency's searches of a database containing the phone records of nearly all Americans violated privacy protections for three years by failing to meet a court-ordered standard, according to court documents released Tuesday.

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