IRS using same warrantless spy tech as CIA, NSA

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The Internal Revenue Service spent $70,000 on warrantless spying technology, according to a published report, putting it in the company of spy services such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.

Documents obtained by the Guardian through a Freedom of Information Act request indicate the company gave Harris Corp. $71,652 for technology and training for its employees in 2012, in addition to an unknown number of 2009 transactions that were redacted.

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