While millions of people are demanding that the United States government stop mass surveillance and especially the collection των τηλεφωνικών μεταδεδομένων, ο White House he doesn't seem to flinch.
The Surveillance Authority (SHEET), which has been responsible for the delineation of the NSA, has once again authorized the secret service for the collection of telephone metadata. Judges have to do so every few months and have already done so twice since the snowden scandal broke out.
"In the government's view, pursuant to recent decisions of the District Courts of the Southern District of New York and the Southern District of California, as well as the findings of 15 FISA judges in 36 separate cases over the past seven years, the telephone metadata collection program is legal,” a message from the Director of National Intelligence reads.
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 spying (gathering phone metadata) is not the key to fighting terrorism.
