Sentence examples for surveillance programs are from inspiring English sources

But what other classified surveillance programs are out there?

Hendrik Hertzberg asserts that N.S.A. surveillance programs are "conducted lawfully" (Comment, June 24th).

Kenneth D. Miller New York City Hendrik Hertzberg asserts that N.S.A. surveillance programs are "conducted lawfully" (Comment, June 24th).

But the N.S.A.'s surveillance programs are impossible without robust coöperation from America's telecommunications and Internet companies.

If the NSA surveillance programs are disabled, Rogers says, I "fear we will return to the position where we were prior to the attacks of September 2001".

As Congress debates whether to rein in the NSA, this investigation underscores how sweeping the government's surveillance programs are and how essential systemic reform is right now," said Alex Abdo, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.

America's surveillance programs are secret, as are the court proceedings that enable them and the legal rationales that justify them; informed dissents, like those by Levison or Senator Ron Wyden, must be kept secret.

"Ongoing surveillance programs are something that Americans are quite concerned about, and whether the concerns he raised back in 2004 would exist with current programs as we know them" remain an open question.

And if the N.S.A.'s mass surveillance programs are unlawful or unconstitutional, as many Americans (including myself) believe, does it make any difference whether the work is done by a government analyst or a private contractor?

"The parallels the Chinese can draw to their own surveillance programs are stark," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Critics of the NSA surveillance programs were measured in their responses.