The U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reportedly have submitted four proposals to reform the National Security Agency’s phone surveillance program. The recommendations come well before the March 28 deadline set by President Obama. Three deal with having the data stored by some other organization, and the fourth calls for the scrapping of the surveillance program — which is being conducted under Section 215 of the U.S. Patriot Act — and relying on good old-fashioned investigative work instead.
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White House Leaps Onto NSA Surveillance Merry-Go-Round
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 26, 2014 02:27 PMThe U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reportedly have submitted four proposals to reform the National Security Agency’s phone surveillance program. The recommendations come well before the March 28 deadline set by President Obama. Three deal with having the data stored by some other organization, and the fourth calls for the scrapping of the surveillance program — which is being conducted under Section 215 of the U.S. Patriot Act — and relying on good old-fashioned investigative work instead.