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发帖数: 3803 | 1 Obama administration defends collecting phone records
By Julie Pace / AP White House Correspondent /
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday defended the
National Security Agency’s need to collect telephone records of US citizens
, calling such information ‘‘a critical tool in protecting the nation from
terrorist threats.’’
While defending the practice, a senior administration official did not
confirm a newspaper report that the NSA has been collecting the telephone
records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court
order.
The order was granted by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
on April 25 and is good until July 19, Britain’s Guardian newspaper
reported Wednesday. The order requires Verizon, one of the nation’s largest
telecommunications companies, on an ‘‘ongoing, daily basis’’ to give
the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the
US and between the US and other countries.
The newspaper said the document, a copy of which it had obtained, shows for
the first time that under the Obama administration the communication records
of millions of US citizens were being collected indiscriminately and in
bulk, regardless of whether they were suspected of any wrongdoing.
The Associated Press could not authenticate the order because documents from
the court are classified.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the Obama administration should disclose the
facts.
‘‘I think that they have an obligation to respond immediately,’’ said
Wyden, a frequent critic of government violations of privacy.
The administration official spoke on condition of anonymity because the
official was not authorized to publicly discuss classified matters.
Verizon spokesman Ed McFadden said Wednesday the company had no comment. The
NSA had no immediate comment.
Verizon Communications Inc. listed 121 million customers in its first-
quarter earnings report this April — 98.9 million wireless customers, 11.7
million residential phone lines and about 10 million commercial lines. The
court order didn’t specify which type of phone customers’ records were
being tracked.
Under the terms of the order, the phone numbers of both parties on a call
are handed over, as are location data, call duration, unique identifiers,
and the time and duration of all calls. The contents of the conversation
itself are not covered, The Guardian said.
The administration official said, ‘‘On its face, the order reprinted in
the article does not allow the government to listen in on anyone’s
telephone calls.’’
The broad, unlimited nature of the records being handed over to the NSA is
unusual. FISA court orders typically direct the production of records
pertaining to a specific named target suspected of being an agent of a
terrorist group or foreign state, or a finite set of individually named
targets. NSA warrantless wiretapping during the George W. Bush
administration after the 9/11 attacks was very controversial.
The FISA court order, signed by Judge Roger Vinson, compelled Verizon to
provide the NSA with electronic copies of ‘‘all call detail records or
telephony metadata created by Verizon for communications between the United
States and abroad’’ or ‘‘wholly within the United States, including
local telephone calls,’’ The Guardian said.
The law on which the order explicitly relies is the ‘‘business records’’
provision of the USA Patriot Act.
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: Obama administration defends collecting phone records
: By Julie Pace / AP White House Correspondent /
: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday defended the
: National Security Agency’s need to collect telephone records of US citizens
: , calling such information ‘‘a critical tool in protecting the nation from
: terrorist threats.’’
: While defending the practice, a senior administration official did not
: confirm a newspaper report that the NSA has been collecting the telephone
: records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court
: order.
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列宁， 斯大林，毛泽东，胡乱邦，奥巴马！ | j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | | L**W
发帖数: 2277 | 5 不只是电话，上网的信息也都收集了。不只是 Verizon，果果，狗狗，软软
也都在提供。所有人的信息。 | d*******p
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