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NSA Halts Email and Text Collection

Accepted submission by Lagg http://lagg.me at 2017-04-28 21:10:45 from the no-shit dept.
Digital Liberty

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/us/politics/nsa-surveillance-terrorism-privacy.html [nytimes.com]

But last year, officials said, the N.S.A. discovered that analysts were querying the bundled messages in a way that did not comply with those rules. The agency brought the matter to the court’s attention, resulting in a delay in reauthorizing the broader warrantless surveillance program until the agency proposed ceasing this collection practice.

Though I'm personally wondering why now.


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