CNN EarlyStart August 16, 2013 09:15:00
Authority thousands of times since 2008 when congress gave it widespread power to keep tabs on overseas phone calls and e-mails. among the reported missteps, intercepting a number of calls in washington, d.c., when a computer system overtook 202 area code for egypt's dialling code 20. they collected data without getting the okay of a spy court. they responded saying they encourage their staff to come forward when the mistakes happened. >> as for the man who gave the documents to "the washington post," edward snowden is in russia amid a fight between his family and advisers. snowden's father is...