A controversial NSA surveillance program put into place after the 9/11 terrorist attacks has apparently been shut down.

That program relied on bulk information collected from U.S. phone records.

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The NSA admitted last year that the program was dealing with technical glitches that led to content being obtained that the agency did not have the authority to collect.

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