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+ - ACLU asks spy court to release records on Patriot Act surveillance powers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington and Yale Law School's Media Freedom and Information Clinic filed a motion with the secret court that oversees government surveillance in national security cases, requesting that it publish its opinions on the meaning, scope, and constitutionality of Section 215 of the Patriot Act. That section, which authorizes the government to obtain "any tangible thing" relevant to foreign-intelligence or terrorism investigations, was the legal basis for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order requiring Verizon to turn over months' worth of phone-call data."

+ - NASA Captures, Releases Footage of Critically "Dangerous" Tornadoes on the Sun->

Submitted by Rebecka Schumann
Rebecka Schumann writes "A recent video released from the NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) shows a sped up version of a 38-hour tornado experience on the sun. Throughout the one-minute clip, multiple tornadoes can be seen making contact.

NASA chief Charles Bolden said space weather can be devastating to those on Earth who claimed strong solar storms in space can interfere with communication satellites if aimed at our planet. NASA has recently joined with the United Nations in an effort to better understand in the impact of space storms, an issue which Bolden says could possibly cause effects on a global scale."
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