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Appeals court strikes down government's phone surveillance programUSA TODAYWASHINGTON — A federal appeals court declared on Thursday that a National Security Agency program that sweeps up logs of Americans' phone calls is illegal, representing the most significant legal setback yet for the long-running surveillance operation.NSA phone surveillance not authorized-US appeals courtReutersNSA Phone Data Collection Illegal, Appeals Court RulesNew York TimesUS appeals court: NSA phone record collection is excessiveFox Newsall 296 news articles »