A US federal court upheld approval for the NSA to continue the controversial collection data of American citizens on the dragnet.
His decision Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for the green light in her mass watches NSA laterdata of phone calls comes a year after his promise Barack Obama to end the controversial program.
The legal principle of the monitoring program is determined by the Congress and was set to expire in early June, according to the National Journal. President Barack Obama promised to end data collection as part of its reforms NSA contained in a major policy initiative announced in January of 2014.
The program has been expanded five times for 14 or even more months since. White House officials have repeatedly stated that they want to work with Congress to end the program, whose spying value has been criticized by privacy activists.
For example, some critics argue that there is no evidence that mass surveillance by the NSA is effective in identifying future terrorist attacks.
A publication of IC on the Record discloses to the Intel community the Department of Justice's approval of the FISA warrant for the extension of mass telephone surveillance.
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"As stated by the White House, the administration welcomes the opportunity to work with the new Congress to implement the changes requested by the President," said a joint statement from the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
“Given that the legislation has not yet come into force, and given the importance of maintaining the capabilities of the telephony metadata collection program, the government sought an extension of the existing program, as modified by the changes, requested by the President in January.”
The collection of call metadata is permitted in accordance with the 215 article of the US Patriot Act.
