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The leaked NSA Inspector General report detailing the history of the domestic spying program reveals that on March 19, President Bush rescinded the authority to collect bulk Internet metadata. The NSA was given on week to stop the collection and block access to previously retained data. The stop marked a transition from the NSA relying on the Presidential authorization to relying on a court order from the secret surveillance court that supposed to oversee foreign surveillance, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

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Leaked NSA Inspector General Report, Pg 38

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Friday, March 19, 2004 (All day)
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