National Security

Emails show some Obama aides had doubts on NSA phone, Internet spying

By Michal Conger

Published November 5, 2013 5:00am ET

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Emails show some Obama aides had doubts on NSA phone, Internet spying — Emails obtained by Judicial Watch show that several of President Obama's top advisers had concerns about the law that authorized surveillance of phone and Internet activity.ÃÂ (Photo: Thinkstock). | ???????? ???????

Emails between national security officials about the interpretation of the Patriot Act show several of President Obama’s top advisers had misgivings about the law that authorized controversial National Security Agency surveillance of phone and Internet activity.

The emails, written shortly after former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leak of NSA documents, discuss worries advisers had about how broadly certain sections of the law could be interpreted.

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