While millions of people are demanding that the United States government stop mass surveillance and especially the collection of phone metadata, the White House he doesn't seem to flinch.
The Surveillance Authority (SHEET) charged with limiting the NSA once again authorized the Secret Service to collect phone metadata. Judges are required to do this every few months and have already done so two times since the Snowden scandal broke.
"In the view of the government, according to recent rulings by the District Courts of Southern New York and Southern California, as well as the findings of 15 FISA judges in 36 different cases over the past seven years, the metadata collection program telephony is legal, ”reads a message from the director of the National Intelligence Service.
The release also says the Obama administration is currently evaluating the recommendations of the NSA spying review panel. In the long report, the commission stated that the specific tool espionages (collection of phone metadata) is not the key to fighting terrorism.
