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The NSA has been ordered to destroy phone records it collected illegally, eventually:
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced that the "bulk collection" of phone data the NSA illegally collected under Section 215 of the Patriot act will be locked away starting November 29, 2015.
The data will effectively be out of reach from agency employees ad infinitum, effectively making it unusable in anti-terrorism or national security investigations. The only exception will be a three-month period, in which "technical personal" can check the data for the sole purpose of verifying records produced under the new USA Freedom Act.
The NSA is obligated to preserve most of the data until civil litigation involving the program has been resolved. Also reported at The Intercept and The Register.
(Score: 2) by tathra on Tuesday July 28 2015, @02:41AM
exactly my thoughts, kinda. the NSA is well-known for complying with the laws and the constitution, i'm sure they'll get right on complying with the order to delete all their illegally-obtained 4th amendment violations. even if they do, they're just the de-facto intel wing for the DEA anwyay, so its not like the info isn't all already backed up and waiting for the DEA to act on it.