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xx年12月大学英语四级听力练习题xx年12月大学英语四级听力练习题 A U.S.appeals courtin NewYork ruledThursdaythat theNational SecurityAgencys programtocollect phonerecords ofAmericans isillegal. The programcollected metadatafrom millionsofphone callsfrom Americancitizens.The metadatarecordedthe timeswhen the phone callswere madeandthephonenumbers called. The surveillanceprogram was not knownto thepublicuntil twoyears ago.NSA contractorEdwardSnowden leakedthe informationabout theprogramto reportersin Juneof xx. The NSAclaimed that the spying program waslegal underthe PatriotAct,which Congresspassedfollowing theSeptember11terrorist attacks. The appealscourt ruledthatthespyingprogramwasnotauthorized byCongress.The three-judge panelof thecourt wrote,Congress cannotreasonably besaid tohave ratifieda progamofwhich manymembers ofCongress-and allmembers ofthe public-were notaware. British votersare votingin aclose electionthat couldou...。