Tuesday,  Oct. 22, 2013 • Vol. 16--No. 98 • 26 of 34

(Continued from page 25)

night, ending a crippling four-day strike.
• Union officials announced the deal, which still requires approval from union members, then from the Bay Area Rapid Transit's board of directors.
• BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said limited service would begin Tuesday at 4 a.m. on all lines. BART officials hoped trains would be running at full strength in time for the afternoon commute.
• BART is the nation's fifth-largest rail system, with an average weekday ridership of 400,000.
• Workers walked off the job on Friday after talks broke down. Commuters endured jammed roadways and long lines for buses and ferries, as they looked for alternate ways around the region.
• ___

NSA snooping angers France; Obama forced to defend and reiterate pledge to review the programs

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The sweep and scope of National Security Agency snooping abroad forced President Barack Obama once again to hear complaints from a U.S. ally angry about the surveillance net that has sparked an international debate over the limits of American spying.
• France is the latest in a growing list of nations -- Germany, Brazil and Mexico included -- demanding explanations from Washington. A report published on Monday said the U.S. swept up 70 million French telephone records and text messages and recorded some private conversations.
• President Francois Hollande's office expressed "profound reprobation," saying the spying violated the privacy of French citizens. The White House said some news reports have distorted the work of U.S. surveillance programs, but said Obama acknowledged to Hollande in a telephone conversation that some reports have raised "legitimate questions for our friends and allies."
• "The president made clear that the United States has begun to review the way that we gather intelligence, so that we properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share," the White House said.
• The report in Le Monde, co-written by Glenn Greenwald, who originally revealed the surveillance program based on leaks from former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, found that when certain phone numbers were used, conversations were recorded automatically. The surveillance operation also gathered text messages based on key words, Le Monde reported.

(Continued on page 27)

© 2013 Groton Daily Independent • To send correspondence, click here.