telephone records<\/a> of millions of US customers of
\n Verizon \u2014 one of the largest telecommunication companies in
\n the United States \u2014 current and former US intelligence officials
\n familiar with the operation told the Daily Beast.\n<\/p>\n\n Intelligence sources revealed that in a few cases, the NSA had
\n shared unedited analysis of the metadata with the GCHQ. However,
\n British nationals were reportedly not allowed to sit at the
\n physical terminals where NSA analysts mined metadata.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMy understanding is if the British had a phone number, we
\n might run the number through the database for them and provide
\n them with the results,\u201d<\/i> said one former senior US
\n intelligence official with knowledge of the program.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court granted both
\n the NSA and the FBI unfettered access to the metadata from April
\n 25 to July 19 of this year. This data does not reveal the actual
\n content of the telephone conversations or the names of the
\n participants on either line, though the numbers dialed \u2014 as well
\n as the time and duration of the calls \u2014 are included.\n<\/p>\n
\n Late Thursday, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence
\n in the US, decried the leaks on the programs as
\n \u201creprehensible.\u201d<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n “The unauthorized disclosure of information about this
\n important and entirely legal program is reprehensible and risks
\n important protections for the security of Americans,”<\/i> he
\n said.\n<\/p>\n
\n Clapper further said that media reports surrounding the programs
\n were rife with inaccuracies, adding that the collection of
\n communications is allowed under Section 702 of the Foreign
\n Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).\n<\/p>\n
\n Since 1946, the US and the UK have been party to the United
\n Kingdom-United States of America Agreement, which facilitates the
\n sharing of signals intelligence between the two nations. The
\n agreement was later expanded to include the commonwealth states
\n of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
\n <\/p>\n
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