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Senators: Limit NSA snooping into US phone records

By Kimberly Dozier

Published September 27, 2013 8:08am ET

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Senators: Limit NSA snooping into US phone records — National Security Agency Director General Keith Alexander is sworn on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and National Security Agency (NSA) call records. Clapper told lawmakers he's willing to consider limits on surveillance by the National Security Agency. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading senators have unveiled proposed changes to the way the National Security Agency gathers U.S. records in its hunt for overseas terrorists or spying targets.

And top intelligence officials say they will cooperate with the proposed overhaul to try to win back public trust following disclosures about the NSA’s extensive collection of telephone and email records of millions of Americans.

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