On the heels of The Guardian's latest expose on another National Security Agency surveillance program called XKeyscore, the Director of National Intelligence authorized the release of previously classified documents related to the collection of telephone metadata
The collection of those records is pursuant to one of the Patriot Act's most contested portions. Section 215 allows the government to obtain access to business records about users for purposes of national securityPRISM, a controversial NSA surveillance program that reportedly allows the security agency to access the servers of major Internet organizations, falls under Section 215. Read more...
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