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NSA court plea: ‘Let us spy 6 more months’
Department of Justice officials have asked a federal court to restart the NSA spy programs shut down when portions of the Patriot Act expired on June 1. The US government claims the Freedom Act allows surveillance to continue for six more months.
In a filing to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), revealed Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) requested permission to continue the...
US Senator Rand Paul takes credit for NSA metadata changes
US Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he takes some credit for President Obama’s decision to end the National Security Agency’s metadata collection program.
In an interview after Obama announced the change on Tuesday, Paul was asked on “Fox and Friends” if it would make him happy for phone companies, not the government, to retain the metadata.
“Well, you know, I don’t want to take...
FISA Court: NSA can keep spying on phone calls
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in the US has ruled that the National Security Agency can continue its secret collection of phone records of all American citizens.
The secret court ruling was announced late Friday by the Office of James Clapper who is the Director of National Intelligence.
“DNI Clapper has decided to declassify and disclose publicly that the government filed an application...
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