"The revelations come from leaked documents and stand in stark contrast to claims by NSA Director Keith Alexander that the agency has not abused its surveillance powers and that it stores no data on U.S. citizens. According to an internal government audit and other documents leaked to the Washington Post by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the agency overstepped its legal authority or broke privacy rules thousands of times a year since 2008, when Congress expanded its authority with passage of the FISA Amendments Act, which allowed the NSA to do bulk collection of records from internet companies and others." wired/threatlevel/2013/08/nsa-violated-privacy-rules/
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:28:26 +0000
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