Congress
is growing increasingly wary of controversial National Security Agency domestic
surveillance programs, a concern likely to erupt during legislative debate _
and perhaps prod legislative action _ as early as next week.
Skepticism has
been slowly building since last month’s disclosures that the super-secret NSA
conducted programs that collected Americans’ telephone data. Dozens of
lawmakers are introducing measures to make those programs less secret, and
there’s talk of denying funding and refusing to continue authority for the
snooping.
The anxiety is a
sharp contrast to June’s wait-and-see attitude after Edward Snowden, a
government contract worker, leaked highly classified data to the media. The
Guardian newspaper of Britain reported one program involved cellphone records.
The Guardian, along with The Washington Post, also said another program allowed
the government access to the online activity of users at nine Internet
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