Obama
to Propose Ending N.S.A.’s Bulk
Collection of Phone Records
| Under
President Obama’s proposal to
Congress, data about
Americans’ calling habits
would be kept in the hands of
phone companies,
according to senior
administration officials. The
changes would end the most
controversial part of the bulk
phone records program, a major
focus of privacy
concerns since its existence
was leaked last year. |
| Under
the plan the
administration is now
advocating, the officials
said, the government would no
longer systematically collect
and store records of calling
data. Instead, it
would obtain individual orders
from the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court
to obtain only records linked
to phone numbers a judge
agrees are likely tied to
terrorism. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/us/obama-to-seek-nsa-curb-on-call-data.html?emc=edit_na_20140324 |
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