Recent revelations about the NSA shed light on a very far-reaching spying and wiretapping program that encompasses all manner of communications \u2014 foreign and domestic, civilian and world leaders. This included call logs, phone numbers, time and date and location.<\/p>\n
However, Vines said that the NSA\u00a0“does not know and cannot track the location of every cell phone,”<\/em>underling also the importance of such activities in that they have been\u00a0\u201cused in some of the most dangerous parts of the world, including war zones, where terrorists are actively planning to do harm to the nation.”<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Catherine Crump, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, explained that\u00a0\u201cthe NSA claims its collection is incidental, but there is no question it\u2019s deliberately engaging in the mass collection of cell phone location data that it knows will inevitably sweep up information on a huge number of innocent Americans. And, all of this is happening without any supervision by a court,”<\/em>\u00a0she said, as cited by the AP, in reference to the complete lack of oversight by a specialized panel of federal judges.<\/p>\n She painted a bittersweet picture.\u00a0“Unfortunately, this program is just one of many in which the NSA monitors countless innocent individuals to identify the tiny fraction who may be of interest. Fortunately these programs are now being brought into the light, and it\u2019s time for Congress and the courts to exercise meaningful oversight of our intelligence agencies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Additionally,\u00a0\u201cFISA authorization would be required for the intentional collection of domestic metadata,\u201d<\/em>Crump said, reiterating that the program targets everyone else.<\/p>\n![\"Reuters](\"http:\/\/rt.com\/files\/news\/21\/6a\/b0\/00\/17.jpg\")
Reuters \/ Mohammed Azakir<\/p>\n<\/div>\n