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• NSA authorization to collect bulk phone data extended to June 1

  A U.S. secret court has extended until June 1 the controversial bulk collection of private phone records of Americans by the National Security Agency.

• Lawyer: NSA phone records program amounts to 'tyranny'

  The U.S. National Security Agency's mass collection of telephone records within the country is an unprecedented violation of privacy by the government, a lawyer challenging the surveillance program argued Tuesday.

• US NSA granted extension to collect bulk phone data

  The U.S. National Security Agency has been allowed to continue to collect phone records in bulk of people in the country, while lawmakers consider new legislation that would block the agency from collecting the data.

• In potential conflict with FISA court, California court wants NSA phone records kept

  A court in California has prohibited the destruction of phone records collected by the government until further orders, raising a potential conflict with an order last week by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington, D.C.

• US judges say FISA court privacy advocate may be counterproductive

  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges have said the creation of a privacy advocate in the secret court could be counterproductive and hamper its work.

• Yahoo to review redacted FISA papers before release

  The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has allowed Yahoo's counsel to review declassified documents from a 2008 dispute over data disclosure, after the company said the public release of documents redacted by the government could lead to its role being misunderstood.

• Release of Yahoo dispute documents by FISA court may be delayed

  The declassification and release of documents in a case that Yahoo believes will prove it resisted government demands for data collection will likely be delayed after the government said its staff cannot work on it during the shutdown of the U.S. government.

• Yahoo concerned that release of redacted FISA papers may mislead

  Yahoo has asked that it be allowed to review declassified documents of a secret court about a dispute over data collection between the Internet company and the government, as the release of the redacted documents could mislead the public.