Jeffrey Chester, president of the Center for Digital Democracy, argued that telecoms would be tempted to sell the consumer data they collect in the process of that surveillance or use it for advertising.

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Despite this history, some members of Congress contend that this process-heavy court is agile enough to rule on quickly needed National Security Agency (NSA) electronic surveillance warrants.

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