The 5 billion cellphone location records the NSAs reportedly collecting daily? Dont expect an apology. While its hard to sustain shock and disbelief when weve been hearing new details about the governments information collecting for months now, the National Security Agency saw fit to address concerns about the so-called Co-Traveler program in a statement today. The gist: The collection of massive amounts of location data is incidental in the agencys effort to "collect foreign intelligence information that is relevant to national security."
Interestingly, the statement references a Reagan-era executive order (12333, if you want to dig deep) to vindicate the agencys data-collection practices. That executive order, authorized in 1981, authorizes the collection of foreign intelligence information relevant to the nations safety through means "consistent with applicable United States law." Additionally, the statement asserts that these surveillance activities dont violate FISA. The bottom line, though, is that the NSA wont be doubling back on its data collecting any time soon.
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