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• Surveillance court renews NSA phone records program

  The FISA court approves the metadata collection program for the 36th time in seven years

• DOJ will appeal judge's ruling against NSA phone program

  The decision of the D.C. judge conflicts with a ruling from a New York judge in a separate case

• ACLU appeals judge's decision to throw out NSA lawsuit

  The civil liberties group asks an appeals court to review the judge's order finding a phone records collection program legal

• NSA task force recommends major changes in surveillance

  Recommendations from the White House panel will include taking the phone records database away from the NSA

• NSA task force to recommend major changes in surveillance

  Recommendations from the White House panel will include taking the phone records database away from the NSA

• Judge pulls no punches in ruling against NSA program

  The author of the U.S. Constitution would be 'aghast,' Judge Richard Leon wrote

Features about U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate