Judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful 27 Dec 2013 A federal judge ruled that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans’ phone calls is lawful, calling it a “counter-punch” to terrorism that does not violate Americans’ privacy rights. After that one change, it will at least become possible that […]
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NSA Surveillance UPDATE
Under the authority of a provision in the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has ordered telecommunications companies to turn over the phone records of nearly every call in the United States to the government. These orders, sought by the Justice Department, must be renewed every 90 days, and the data are stored by […]