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NSA Reportedly Halts Warrantless Surveillance Of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets
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Virus Guy
Apr 28, 2017, 8:45:10 PM4/28/17
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NSA Reportedly Halts Warrantless Surveillance Of Americans' Emails About
Foreign Targets
Apr 28, 2017 1:40 PM
In a somewhat shocking admission, if it is true, officials have told The
New York Times that the National Security Agency is stopping one of the
most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program.
The so-called "about the target" collection from network switches was
first reported by The New York Times in 2013, but the issues surrounding
NSA practices once again surged to the front page as 'excuses' such as
this were allegedly used by the Obama administration to spy on the Trump
campaign.
As The New York Times reports, The National Security Agency is stopping
one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program
in which it collects Americans’ emails and texts to and from people
overseas and that mention a foreigner under surveillance, according to
officials familiar with the matter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/us/politics/nsa-surveillance-terrorism-privacy.html
National security officials have argued that such surveillance is lawful
and helpful in identifying people who might have links to terrorism,
espionage or otherwise are targeted for intelligence-gathering. The fact
that the sender of such a message would know an email address or phone
number associated with a surveillance target is grounds for suspicion,
these officials argued.
But privacy advocates argue that such broad collection of information
means the agency, with help from telecommunications companies, is
intercepting communications based on what they say, rather than who has
sent or received it.
Of course, this raises two questions: 1) Can the sources be trusted?,
and 2) if so, why now? Is there an 'event' looming that it would suit
the administration best if it was made unaware of due to "interfering
defenders of privacy"?
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-28/nsa-reportedly-halts-warrantless-surveillance-americans-emails-about-foreign-targets
Foreign Targets
Apr 28, 2017 1:40 PM
In a somewhat shocking admission, if it is true, officials have told The
New York Times that the National Security Agency is stopping one of the
most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program.
The so-called "about the target" collection from network switches was
first reported by The New York Times in 2013, but the issues surrounding
NSA practices once again surged to the front page as 'excuses' such as
this were allegedly used by the Obama administration to spy on the Trump
campaign.
As The New York Times reports, The National Security Agency is stopping
one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program
in which it collects Americans’ emails and texts to and from people
overseas and that mention a foreigner under surveillance, according to
officials familiar with the matter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/us/politics/nsa-surveillance-terrorism-privacy.html
National security officials have argued that such surveillance is lawful
and helpful in identifying people who might have links to terrorism,
espionage or otherwise are targeted for intelligence-gathering. The fact
that the sender of such a message would know an email address or phone
number associated with a surveillance target is grounds for suspicion,
these officials argued.
But privacy advocates argue that such broad collection of information
means the agency, with help from telecommunications companies, is
intercepting communications based on what they say, rather than who has
sent or received it.
Of course, this raises two questions: 1) Can the sources be trusted?,
and 2) if so, why now? Is there an 'event' looming that it would suit
the administration best if it was made unaware of due to "interfering
defenders of privacy"?
============
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-28/nsa-reportedly-halts-warrantless-surveillance-americans-emails-about-foreign-targets
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