The National Security Agency appears to have done a complete about-face over the controversial electronic spying program that whistleblower Edward Snowden brought to light almost six years ago now, involving the bulk collection of metadata related to Americans’ phone calls and text messages.
The NSA once defended the program — which was secretly launched during the George W. Bush administration without court approval — as vital to US national security interests. The nation was still reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and officials later said tools like this program help the nation’s espionage professionals deal with the new realities of terrorism.
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The NSA now thinks the phone surveillance program it once defended isn’t worth it anymore originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 19:41:43 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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