The nations' top intelligence official is declassifying three secret
U.S. court opinions showing how the National Security Agency scooped up
as many as 56,000 emails annually over three years and other
communications by Americans with no connection to terrorism, how it
revealed the error to the court and changed how it gathered Internet
communications.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper authorized the release Wednesday.
The opinions show that when the NSA reported to the court in 2011
that it was inadvertently collecting as many as 56,000 Internet
communications by Americans with no collection to terrorism, the court
ordered the NSA to find ways to limit what it collects and how long it
keeps it.
No comments:
Post a Comment