NSA collecting phone records of millions of US citizens daily
Jun 06, 2013
The National Security Agency is collecting telephone records for millions of Americans without informing the individuals involved. The shocking news has been revealed by ' Guardian ' whose journalists had access to a " Top Secret " court order, signed by Judge Roger Vinson, issued in April against Verizon . A copy of a secret order to obtain phone records for all Verizon customers was obtained, showing that the NSA was monitoring all incoming and outgoing calls made on that network. The order obliges the Verizon Company to deliver the daily list of calls, " both within the Member States and between the United States and other countries ." The order was issued by the U.S. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court directs Verizon's Business Network Services Inc and Verizon Business Services units to hand over electronic data including all calling records on an " ongoing, daily basis " until the order expires on July 19, 2013. ...
