Collection of phone data defended by lawmakers

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The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee defended a secret Obama administration program collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. residents, saying it was a critical tool to combat terrorism, even as other members of Congress condemned the surveillance as an intrusion on innocent Americans. Phil Mattingly reports on Bloomberg Television's 'Money Moves.'

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3 min

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2013

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Alexander Street

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