COUNTERTERROR DIRECTOR USED HAMAS ATTACK TO JUSTIFY MASS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM RENEWAL

>The controversial program is set to expire at the end of the year, and lawmakers sympathetic to the intelligence community are scrambling to protect it,...

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>“As evidenced by the events of the past month, the terrorist threat landscape is highly dynamic and our country must preserve \[counterterrorism\] fundamentals to ensure constant vigilance,” said Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Christine Abizaid to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, after making repeat references to Hamas’s attack on Israel.

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