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Since whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed the incredible scope of the government鈥檚 domestic spying programs, two different narratives are moving forward in Congress.

One, expressed most recently by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., , argues that the government鈥檚 collection of all Americans鈥� calling data 鈥渋s necessary and must be preserved if we are to prevent terrorist attacks.鈥�

The other, offered by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Ohio, and others is that the Justice Department, National Security Agency and FBI have repeatedly misled members of Congress and the public about the nature of their spying programs, as well as their effectiveness, and they need to be reined in to protect Americans鈥� rights.

Unfortunately for Feinstein, a simple review of the facts she marshals to support her position reveals a total reliance on dubious intelligence community statements that have already been widely debunked. The actual facts make clear that the NSA doesn鈥檛 need an enormous database of everyone鈥檚 phone records to track a discrete number of terrorists -- the NSA just needs to use the traditional tools it has to investigate its targets.

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