Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterExtent of E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress
Published 6/17/2009 by By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU at NYT > Politics
The National Security Agency’s recent intercepts of the telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans are broader than previously acknowledged, officials said.
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