NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden.

This is almost certainly illegal, although the NSA maintains that it is legal until it’s told otherwise.

Some news articles.

Tags: data collection, data privacy, metadata, NSA, privacy, surveillance