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A federal judge on Friday is to hold the first hearing following an appellate court's decision reinstating allegations the government is siphoning Americans' communications from telecoms to the National Security Agency without warrants. The new judge on the case, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco, isn't so sure the President Barack Obama administration may automatically prevail by its invokation of the state secrets privilege, according to the judge's remarks in a legal filing.



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