The NSA can continue to monitor the millions of American phone calls they make from their mobile phones.
The Freedom Act of USA που υποτίθεται ότι θα χαλιναγωγούσε την NSA φαίνεται ότι είναι ανίσχυρος στα μέσα που χρησιμοποιεί η service.
On the Monday that passed, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) ruled that the NSA can continue to collect data at will for 180 days.
"After examining Amici's views, the court ruled that the continued massive collection of telephony data of the NSA metadata program during this transitional period remains consistent with both the Statute and the Fourth Amendment," the ministry said. US Justice in communication.
"The new primary provision of the Court provides that during the transitional period, and in the absence of a genuine state of emergency, telephone metadata may be collected only after a judicial finding that there is a reasonable, reasonable suspicion that they are linked to an international terrorist organization. . ”
The FISC Supervisory Authority continues to indicate that secret services can collect metadata from the calling party, the receiver's metadata, and all the target and recipient contacts of their calls (!).
In addition, the American government said it promises to study the FISC's decision, and decide whether the content of the surveillance should be classified or not.