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More from Snowden: The NSA is collecting 5 billion records each day -- each day -- of the whereabouts of cellphones. It has data on hundreds of millions of devices, meaning it's effectively tracking the movements of millions of people.
The NSA is everywhere, everywhere. It's even tapping Angela Merkel's phone. And the one taking the heat for it, President Obama, says he doesn't know anything about it.
For years, Colorado U.S. Senator Mark Udall has been seeking and failing to gather information on counter-terrorism laws that allow the government to spy on Americans without obtaining warrants.