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Bill Clinton on NSA: Americans need to be on guard for abuses of power by U.S
Former president tells Scottish audience there needs to be accountability and transparency when surveillance is used
Former US president Bill Clinton has said Americans need to be "on guard for abuses" of power by the US government through its secret interception of emails and phone calls in the name of national security.
In a question and answer session at a business dinner in Edinburgh, Clinton said the use of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) to intercept communications by foreign terrorists was justified.
And the US system also required a warrant from intelligence courts, backed up by sufficient evidence, for any surveillance activities against people within the US.
But he said it was crucial there was accountability and transparency in the use of surveillance and interceptions by agencies such as the NSA - an area which he said was "blurry, grey and made people uncomfortable".
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