WASHINGTON -- The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee says there have not been flagrant violations of rules governing surveillance of American e-mails and phone calls.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is responding to a news report that said the secret program far exceeded its bounds.
The California Democrats said at a Senate hearing Wednesday that a New York Times story about widespread intercepts of private U.S. conversations by the National Security Agency is not accurate. But she said her committee will look into the matter more closely.
The Justice Department said in April it had to rein in NSA electronic surveillance after learning that the monitoring improperly accessed American phone calls and e-mails. Such intercepts require a judge's OK.
The Times reported that the April violations were broader than previously acknowledged.
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