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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Washington Post on newly declassified FISA opinion
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Washington Post on newly declassified FISA opinion
http://j.mp/15arS7F (Washington Post)
"The National Security Agency unlawfully gathered as many as tens of
thousands of e-mails and other electronic communications between
Americans as part of a now-discontinued collection program, according
to a 2011 secret court opinion. The 86-page opinion, which was
declassified by U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday, explains why
the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled
the collection method unconstitutional ... But in practice, the NSA
was unable to filter out the communications between Americans ...
Officials stressed that it was the NSA that brought the collection
method to the court's attention as part of its regular reporting
process."
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The actual numbers are quite interesting, since they indicate that
across the entire program, incorrectly gathered emails/comms numbered
well less than 200/day on average.
--Lauren--
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