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unhappycamper

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Fri Jun 7, 2013, 08:09 AM Jun 2013

Revealed: NSA Collecting Phone Records Of Millions Of Americans Daily

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Revealed-NSA-Collecting-P-by-Glenn-Greenwald-130605-547.html



Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama

Revealed: NSA Collecting Phone Records Of Millions Of Americans Daily
By Glenn Greenwald
OpEdNews Op Eds 6/5/2013 at 20:37:47

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries.

The document shows for the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records of millions of US citizens are being collected indiscriminately and in bulk -- regardless of whether they are suspected of any wrongdoing.

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Under the terms of the blanket order, the numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversation itself are not covered.
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