Published on June 28th, 2019 📆 | 5842 Views ⚑
0NSA gets caught illegally collecting phone and text data (again), blames telephone companies / Boing Boing
The American Civil Liberties Union released internal NSA memos received under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit revealing that, once again, the NSA improperly collected phone call and text message metadata of US citizens.
A spokesperson for the agency was quick to pin the blame on the telecommunications companies that provided the information:
“While NSA lawfully sought data pertaining to a foreign power engaged in international terrorism, the provider produced inaccurate data and data beyond which NSA sought,” NSA’s media relations chief Greg Julian told The Wall Street Journal.
In other words, "We didn't want the data we took, and anyway, we were busy catching TERRISTS.
ACLU staff attorney Patrick Toomey said in a statement, “These documents only confirm that this surveillance program is beyond redemption and should be shut down for good. The NSA’s collection of Americans’ call records is too sweeping, the compliance problems too many, and evidence of the program’s value all but nonexistent. There is no justification for leaving this surveillance power in the NSA’s hands.”
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