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Congress must stop the government from spying on your church

Americans should be able to ask for prayer, seek counsel from a pastor, or send a private message to a loved one with the expectation that those conversations will remain private. In a free country, that trust should not depend on the discretion of the government.The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is an important national security tool. It allows our intelligence agencies to monitor foreign threats overseas and identify plots before they reach American soil. But a law written to monitor foreign threats should never become a loophole for searching Americans’ private communications without a warrant.

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