NSA Weighs Retaining Phone Data Longer Due to Lawsuits
Source: Wall Street Journal
The government is considering enlarging the National Security Agency's controversial collection of Americans' phone recordsan unintended consequence of lawsuits seeking to stop the surveillance program, according to officials.
A number of government lawyers involved in lawsuits over the NSA phone-records program believe federal-court rules on preserving evidence related to lawsuits require the agency to stop routinely destroying older phone records, according to people familiar with the discussions. As a result, the government would expand the database beyond its original intent, at least while the lawsuits are active.
No final decision has been made to preserve the data, officials said, and one official said that even if a decision is made to retain the information, it would be held only for the purpose of litigation and not be subject to searches. The government currently collects phone records on millions of Americans in a vast database that it can mine for links to terror suspects. The database includes records of who called whom, when they called and for how long.
President Barack Obama has ordered senior officials to end the government storage of such data and find another place to store the recordspossibly with the phone companies who log the calls. Under the goals outlined by Mr. Obama last month, the government would still be able to search the call logs with a court order, but would no longer possess and control them.
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NSA trying to expand their surveillance because they're being sued. How quaint.
Fuck Alexander and his boss Crapper.
American STASI SCUM.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)when requested? That should be interesting.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Best part is they keep collecting more and more. So really this is about 5yo data.
More to the point it illustrates what scum are running the NSA, going on the offensive when they should all be in jail.
randome
(34,845 posts)There's little chance the data will be turned over to anyone but you still don't destroy it.
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L0oniX
(31,493 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)a Nation Security issue and they 'Can't" provide it, without tipping off a long list of designated or potential "Terrorists". Terrorists such as journalists, Protest leaders, outspoken, Left leaning politicians...