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National Security Agency
A top Justice Department official objected in 2004 to aspects of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program and refused to sign on to its continued use amid concerns about its legality and oversight, according to officials with knowledge of the tense internal debate. What is known is that in early 2004 the White House suspended parts of the program for several months and moved ahead with more stringent requirements on the security agency on how the program was used. Among other things, it looked at how agency officials went about determining that they had probable cause to believe that people in the United States, including American citizens.