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U.S. Intelligence Agencies Brief Senators On Phone Records -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Representatives of U.S. intelligence agencies involved in a government program to gather Americans' telephone records went to Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief senators on the scheme.

Robert Litt, general counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; James Cole, the deputy attorney general; Sean Joyce, the deputy director of the FBI, and Chris Inglis, the deputy director of the National Security Agency, conducted the briefing, said Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The hastily arranged session lasted for about 2-1/2 hours and was attended by 27 members of the 100-member Senate.

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