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26May/15

White House: Iraqi lack of will to fight ‘a problem’ in past

May 26, 2015PoliticsBarack Obama, Chief, Illinois, Josh Earnest, Law, Obama administration, Patriot Act, Pentagon, Politics, Presidency of Barack Obama, Privacy law, spokesman, U.S. Congress, United States, War/Conflict, White Housesmbale

White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Iraqi troops’ lack of will to fight Islamic State militants, an issue cited by the Pentagon chief over the weekend, has been a concern. In the wide-ranging briefing, Earnest also tells reporters the Obama administration has no backup plan if the U.S. Congress fails to act on legislation that would extend certain provisions of the USA Patriot Act.

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23May/15

U.S. Senate votes spell uncertain fate for domestic surveillance program

May 23, 2015Politics107th United States Congress, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Law, Mitch McConnell, National security, Patriot Act, Politics, Politics of the United States, Privacy law, Privacy of telecommunications, Rand Paul, Senate, spy, United States, United States Senate, USA PATRIOT Act Title IIsmbale

A bill to end U.S. spy agencies’ bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data, called the “USA Freedom Act”, is blocked in the United States Senate. A follow-up vote to extend for two months the current “USA Patriot Act” program which authorizes the collection of so-called telephone “metadata” also fails to pass.

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