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FISA court reverses order to destroy NSA phone data |
March 13, 2014
The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has temporarily reversed its earlier order that call records collected by the National Security Agency should be destroyed after the current five-year limit.The court modified its stand after a District Court in California on Monday ordered the government to retain phone records it collects in bulk from telecommunications carriers, as the metadata could be required as evidence in two civil lawsuits that challenge the NSA’s phone records program under section 215 of the Patriot Act.The conflicting directives from federal courts puts the government in “an untenable position” and are likely to create confusion and uncertainty among all concerned about the status of the data collected over five years ago, Reggie B. Walton, presiding judge of the FISC, wrote in his order on Wednesday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2107880/fisa-court-reverses-order-to-destroy-nsa-phone-data.html#tk.rss_all
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