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Does "collected" mean that these calls have been searched for criminal or terrorist activity? I recall that Clapper --or someone like him-- was using that disti
by mkempe 8y ago
Does "collected" mean that these calls have been searched for criminal or terrorist activity? I recall that Clapper --or someone like him-- was using that distinction in order to claim that the NSA wasn't "collecting" the phone calls of US citizens.
edit: ah yes, it was Clapper; to Congress, in 2013. [1]
[1] https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-11-17/lawmakers-resume-calls-for-james-clapper-perjury-charges https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-11-17/lawmakers-re...
- lern_too_spel 8y agoNo, it means this is the number of records they got from the telecoms.
- mkempe 8y agoActually, it means these records have been returned as part of queries. We know the NSA collects closer to trillions of domestic records (from phone calls to text messages and emails) and brazenly lies about it to Congress.
- lern_too_spel 8y ago> We know the NSA collects closer to trillions of domestic records (from phone calls to text messages and emails) and brazenly lies about it to Congress. We know all of that to be false, according to Snowden's documents.