President Barack Obama is defending secret government programs that sweep up Internet data and millions of Americans' phone records in their search for foreign terrorists. A timeline of controversies surrounding spy programs and privacy: --- 1978: In response to outrage over spying on activists and other U.S. citizens, Congress passes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It creates a secret court to monitor spying within the United States. Known as the FISA court, its judges sign off on wiretapping and search warrants used against foreign agents and suspected spies and terrorists and Americans involved with them....
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