Everything You Need to Know About NSA Snooping Scandal

Edward Snowden revealed as leaker, and more on the scandal.

What Happens to the Records? - According to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the records go into a database and can't be accessed without "reasonable and articulable suspicion" of terrorist activity.   (Photo: AP Photo)
Bush Did it First - In 2006, USA Today reported that NSA was "secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth." But, back then it was done illegally, which President George W. Bush defended, saying it saved American lives.  (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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It Doesn't End There - According to a report from The Washington Post, NSA and the FBI are tapping into the servers of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. The agencies are "extracting" from overseas accounts "audio, video, photographs, emails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person’s movements and contacts over time." Code name: Prism.  (Photo: Patrick Lux/Getty Images)"Reprehensible" - James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, has denounced disclosure of the Internet surveillance program as "reprehensible" and said it could irreversibly harm the nation's ability to respond to threats.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Bush Did it First - In 2006, USA Today reported that NSA was "secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth." But, back then it was done illegally, which President George W. Bush defended, saying it saved American lives. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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